People are not very good at remembering things the way they really happened. If an experience is an article of clothing, then memory is the garment after it's been washed, not according to the instructions, over and over again: the colours fade, the size shrinks, the original, nostalgic scent has long since become the artificial orchid smell of fabric softener.
The film's bizarre narrative, blending political satire with surrealism, showcases a dreamlike crowd scene filled with non-professionals, embodying the absurdity of state-sanctioned morality.
In the opening scene of Time Flower, a surrealist film by the zoologist Desmond Morris, a woman is lying facedown on the ground, clutching the grass with manicured hands and shaking her head.
The streaming platform Apple TV+ seems to prize quirky, kooky narratives set in whimsical mid-century settings over coherent storytelling, leading to a focus on style over substance.
The unreality makes a high-concept reveal feel inevitable, whether it's a Don't Worry Darling scenario where the characters are living in a simulated reality or some kind of Stepford Wives situation where half the residents are either robots or have been brainwashed into docile perfection.
I love that this game is easy to understand. The first time I played with a group of friends, the game went on for two hours because we could brilliantly sabotage each other and team up so no one won but everyone was close.
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, actively engaged in anti-fascist resistance during WWII, strategically disrupted Nazi soldiersâ morale through the dissemination of subversive materials throughout Jersey.