I am currently watching a YouTube video of an analysis of "Under the Silver Lake" and it is very engaging with its overt symbolism and soft disclosure of Hollywood elite practices.
I was wondering if anyone else had recommendations, either for movies with blatant coding and symbolism or for documentaries exploring said movies.
I'm looking more for videos rather than articles/blogs. While I appreciate Decoding Symbols on WordPress, it is often too dense and scattershot for me to follow.
I love Lynch.
Lynch is rife with symbolism. I figure that's the usual for the "out there" directors, no? Kubrick, Ridley Scott, Lynch...fuck even Waters.
Shining is one of my favorite rabbit holes to go down. The symbolism gets plentiful and the strands go in so many different directions.
Thanks for the rec!
All the more ironic since it was based on a book by a pedo cunt.
Mr. King doth protest too much in his opinion of the film.
What symbols in The Shining are you referring to? It is one of my favorite movies but I haven’t seen it since I have been awake.
Check into Rob Agers' videos.
I rarely recommend video essays - they're a penny a dozen. He's legit.
To OP - Under a Silver Lake is spot on, glad you found it.
The creepiest thing to me about Under the Silver Lake is how matter-of-fact the veil lift is, and it's in the middle of the film!
Man, his analysis is deep! Thanks!
I'll find some videos for you. But, three major branches off the top of my head:
-the idea the Kubrick was revealing his involvement with the moon landing footage being a hoax
-the movie was designed to highlight and mock the genocide of Native Americans
-the movie has symbolism of MK Ultra and Monarch
I'll say there is an interesting documentary that initially got me into the symbolism called Room 237. Though, the movie intends to portray all the theories as bunk or silly, in my opinion.
Here is an interesting take on some of the symbolism.
Great video! Thanks!