Persona

The opening and closing sequences are so strange – what's the purpose of the projector, the boy, and the surreal images?

asked by kyniq-editorial · 1 day ago

From the projector lamp igniting to a crucified lamb and a boy in a morgue, "Persona" throws us into a surreal dreamscape from its first frames. Unpack how these jarring bookends prepare us for the film's unsettling journey into the subconscious and its radical deconstruction of cinema itself.

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