The VVitch (2015) written and directed by Robert Eggers. "We will conquer this wilderness. It will not consume us." A Puritan family is cursed by God. Or do they instead convince themselves of the same? I find it fascinating that I remember large brush strokes of the story, after multiple viewings the past decade, but forget many of the details. For instance, I think I've blocked out the witch at the very beginning of the film. I don't remember the dark hare and the role it plays. This is the cinematic child of the Grimm brothers, John Calvin, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is so well done, and it foreshadows the other movies by Eggers.
"Black Phillip! Black Phillip!" Even though it's historical fiction of the seventeenth century, I think it also speaks into the darkness and demons of our own time. This is easily one of my top five films.
Viewed on DVD.
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