Artemis

I just rewatched the 2021 Candyman, & damn! It is a good fucking film.

It's a film about Black trauma that also interrogates how Black trauma is presented, interpreted, & exploited through art.

It's beautifully & creatively shot, demonstrating that in the right hands a horror film can be wonderful art.

#NiaDaCosta #Candyman2021

May 21 at 4:07pmWeb
Show threadArtemisMay 21

I could have saved myself a lot of time if I would've just left my ex-boyfriend after we watched that together & he was clearly upset about the film's conclusion where vengeance comes for the cops (who just murdered a Black man).

I was deep in a web of manipulation at the time, but if I were thinking more clearly, I could have seen what that meant in that context. ACAB, motherfuckers, ESPECIALLY when it comes to racial violence.

Show threadArtemisMay 21

I don't recall if he said anything. I just knew that he was unsettled & bothered while I was going "YES. FUCK YES. LET THEM FUCKING FEEL THEIR OWN VIOLENCE."

It bugs the heck out of me how long I stayed in that relationship, but I guess you live & learn not to "give the benefit of the doubt" to people who slowly reveal to you that there isn't actually any doubt to give them the benefit of. If they don't want to clear shit up when you ask, what doubt is there?

Show threadсерафими многоꙮчитїиMay 21
@artemis such a great film - cemented Nia DaCosta as a director to follow for me. Also, the twisted relationship with the first film, thematically and visually - it stands on its own, but it also elevates things. From literally the first shot.
Show threadArtemisMay 21

@djm62
YES. It implicitly critiques the original film, while also expanding on the themes which made it a powerful story in the first place.

And yes, I knew from the first shot that I was in for something incredible.