
A woman, 40 years old, lives the routine of daily life when an ordinary crack in the wall imposes reflections on the belief systems that construct her existence. Solid structures crumble, wrinkles crack the skin, yet finitude survives. When the mundane becomes haunting, all that remains is the uninhabited body.
Two Korean sisters must save their family after a ghost tears the family apart.
If the message here is that without a support system, grieving people turn into monsters, it’s not really well-delivered and may be flawed as a message itself.
Hitchcock is no stranger to innuendo, as was common in that era, but there was something so sophisticated about his approach to 'Rope', and it starts in the first frame.
"La Noria" deftly subverts audience expectations as it explores childhood grief, anxieties, and pain. The award-winning short shows us that often our monsters are often sprung from our darkest places.
I suppose you could argue that the story wasn’t what Director James Cameron was aiming for, it was the visuals. The spectacle of it all was the point, and it certainly shows.