Tag: Red

β€œThe Shining”: in the labyrinths of the psyche and time

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From the careful analysis of Stephen King's novel (1977) and of the film counterpart by Stanley Kubrick (1980), readings emerge that we can define as "esoteric": the Overlook Hotel as a labyrinth / monster that swallows its occupants and as a space outside of time; the superimposition of the past with the present in a similar perspective to that of the so-called "Akashic memory"; the "shimmer" as a supernatural capacity to insert oneself into this flow outside of time and space; a conception of the United States of America as a single, huge Indian cemetery (and not only).

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A Red Death in gray Venice

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A year ago we published this article to honor the memory of Nicolas Roeg, who has just passed away. Today, on the anniversary of his death, and following the recent news events concerning the lagoon city, rereading these notes on the archetypal dimension of "Don't Look Now" can help us also reflect on human frailty in a world where desacralization and the constant threat of loss of meaning reign: a world that seems ever more dangerously, day after day, on the verge of sinking.

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