Posted by Sigismund on July 24, 2007, at 19:33:25
I realised that the reason I find the movies of Todd Solondz so wildly funny is that they are about depersonalistion. "Happiness", "Palindrome" "Storytelling" "Welcome to the Dollhouse"
Anyone with an interest in depersonalisation should find them interesting. They are movies about people who are not themselves, perhaps because they are taken over by others, or by some idea they have, or whatever else.
If I was up to it I would try to develop an argument about depersonalisation and spirituality. The best I can do at the moment is to quote Eliot.
We are only undeceived
Of that which, deceiving, could no longer harm.
In the middle, not only in the middle of the way
But all the way, in a dark wood, in a bramble,
On the edge of a grimpen, where is no secure foothold,
And menaced by monsters, fancy lights,
Risking enchantment. Do not let me hear
Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly,
Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession,
Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God.
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire
Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.
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