What do you get if you mix a troubled but redemptive homecoming, nina simone's chewing gum and a sanctuary for abused animals in Sumatra?
Ellis Park is a must-see film, an emotional rollercoaster and a touching portrait of a genius.
Loved the Q&A @dukeofyorks and the rambling but cogent chat by @thewarrenellis .
For what its worth you should have worn that fantastic fruit shirt out.
Dulle Griet (sometimes called "Mad Meg") is a 16th-century painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, depicting a fearsome woman leading an army of peasant women to pillage Hell itself.
The figure of Dulle Griet is a grotesque woman striding purposefully with her mouth wide open, clutching weapons and household items. In Flemish folklore, she was a stereotype of a crass, avaricious woman who bullied her husband. Bruegel exaggerates her into a mythic figure — a woman so greedy and aggressive that she raids the gates of Hell itself.
Her raid on Hell is accompanied by a horde of women surging into a fiery, chaotic underworld where the demons are cowed and no longer torment humans but are instead attacked by them. The destructive force of unchecked greed and folly compels people to storm Hell in the hope of financial gain.
It’s the chaotic imagery of the background that takes the foreground: Bruegel’s trademark hybrid monsters, obscene figures, burning buildings, and surreal landscapes.
Like his Triumph of Death or Netherlandish Proverbs, his Dulle Griet is a gender-loaded, almost hallucinogenically driven take on humanity’s collective madness — a reflection of a world torn apart by war, greed, and religious strife in 16th-century Europe (and, hey, maybe even today).
