I watched Salo and Caligula it was off-putting but I was basically alright. But if a detail closely mirrors a past trauma it can be triggering, it’s got nothing really to do with a film’s rating or intensity.
60% of the way through Lord of the Flies and the boys are still cooperating pretty well. They tried their best.
Watched Mad Max (1979) for the first time. It’s so strange and unsettling and beautiful but I guess if you include cars and revenge people accept it as mainstream whatever else it is.
People who are good at marketing now are heavy consumers of marketing of the product or service they’re selling. Not as researchers but as true believers—that’s what an influencer is. I wouldn’t even call it a grift it’s more like a cult.
Blade Runner 2049 was triggering to me in the theatre the first time because of specific associations in one scene and it isn’t anymore. It’s rare for a film to trigger me and when it happens it is unpredictable because it’s not linked to general intensity but to specific details.
