Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

Anastasia Dubenko

I must say right off hand that I was very impressed with this film. I have been a make up artist for a few years now and the elaborate and beautiful work that was done on the actors in this film was amazing. There really was no need for a solid narrative because the movie was so visually stimulating that it kept my attention for its entire duration. Along with the make up the costume and set designs were also spectacular. I could only hope to be able to create something that elaborate in my personal work. While watching this I noticed that the film was very detailed. In the first scene, in the bedroom, there are so many different trinkets and decorations lying around, but i had a feeling that each and every one of those items had a specific meaning in the movie. Another thing I enjoyed was the sporadic use of superimposition. One image that stuck with me was the lady in the white dress burning on fire. A theme that stood out for me while watching this was androgyny, it felt as if gender identification at times disappeared completely, to the point where I couldn't even tell if I was looking at a male or female character. The progression seemed to be vertical and horizontal, the action was progressing towards some sort of finale, but the loops and repeats of actions created a vertical progression as well.