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Are there types of cruelty you are down with, and others you are not? I definitely find 'cruel purely for shock value' (eg torture porn, like The Human Centipede series and low budget stuff Slow Torture Puke Chamber) to be not shocking or emotionally moving in any way because it just feels empty, childish, dumb. Possessor is far from the cruelest film I've seen but it certainly made me feel bad (which I love) for a week or more afterward. I'm actually a little surprised you also dug Possessor, as you often have a bit of an aversion to cruelty. It would be so easy for him to swoon and wax on about his legendary father and following in his footsteps in some smarmy Hollywood sycophant BS way, and I'm so pleased he doesn't do that and attempt to springboard his career off his dad's fame.
I think that is the correct, normal human/legit artist response. I've watched some interviews with Brandon and was pleased by how low-key annoyed he seems to get whenever asked about his dad, comparisons to him, etc. This may be blasphemy but I dare say I might even like both Antiviral and Possessor more than any of Sr's works - and I'm a huge fan of a lot of Sr's stuff! I know, the apple sure didn't fall far the tree here, but despite that I do feel like Jr somehow manages to stand on his own feet. Plus, who can really be mad with any piece of pop culture that references the great Paul Williams' work on Bugsy Malone? But when you flip that script, it simply opens up new questions and layers. I want to say, "I can't imagine Crocodile with the lead being male" but that's because I've seen that story told thousands of times, and nothing would stand out in the slightest if we had to watch yet another man mess up and try to cover his tracks.
So wouldn’t that be fascinating to explore the psychology of that? And are life-givers, and preservers, and takers. Would people sympathize with a woman who does what Mia does? To which my response was, “Well, if we don’t see a woman do that often, then that’s why we should do it.” Because women kill all the time. There were lots of conversations about that in the beginning. Per Riseborough's fascinating AV Club interview below: She initially came in to read for the investigator part before suggesting to Hillcoat that the lead be female, a challenge Brooker apparently took on with some enthusiasm. Part of what might have upped Crocodile's standing for me are some of the behind-the-the-scenes tidbits I learned regarding just how key Riseborough was in its development.
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