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The Misery the World Is Made Of
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There are moments in Todd Haynes’s films when someone is so unnerved that it is difficult to imagine that any good can come from the experience. In Safe (1995), Carol White (Julianne Moore) is suddenly distressed while she is talking to her husband: “Oh God, what is this? Where am I? Right now?” It is as if she feels that there is almost nothing left of her as a result of psychic erosion she never knew was occurring. Then, in the five-part miniseries ...
Title: The Misery the World Is Made Of
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There are moments in Todd Haynes’s films when someone is so unnerved that it is difficult to imagine that any good can come from the experience.
In Safe (1995), Carol White (Julianne Moore) is suddenly distressed while she is talking to her husband: “Oh God, what is this? Where am I? Right now?” It is as if she feels that there is almost nothing left of her as a result of psychic erosion she never knew was occurring.
Then, in the five-part miniseries .
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