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1. The doom & gloom of The Smiths 'This Night Has Opened My Eyes'
"In a river the colour of lead / immerse the baby's head."
"In a river the colour of lead / immerse the baby's head."
2. All the words of Jean Rhys, but specifically this scene in Wide Sargasso Sea
3. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (specifically the short story. The figure of Bluebeard has been a permanent, leering shadow in my brain since reading this.)
4. The pure & simple magic of 'Rainbow Connection' - Kermit the Frog's original or Dan Stevens' cover, either will do.
"Some day we'll find it / the rainbow connection / the lovers, the dreamers / and me."
"Some day we'll find it / the rainbow connection / the lovers, the dreamers / and me."
5. Egon Schiele, Nude With Lowered Head (1918) (I'm in love with all Egon Schiele's work, but the subject's blanket looks like a squid here & gives it, in my head, a whimsical mermaid vibe)
6. Virginia Woolf in Orlando, on the multiplicity of selves we all store like stacked plates within us
7. Audrey Hepburn singing La Vie En Rose whilst curiously watching a vulnerable looking Humphrey Bogart. The RAW EMOTIONAL TENSION, the TERRIBLE IMPULSES, the let's just forget about the age gap ok?
"Never a briefcase in Paris, and never an umbrella!"
"Never a briefcase in Paris, and never an umbrella!"
8. Nick Cave & P.J. Harvey's falling in love on screen whilst filming their cover of 'Henry Lee'.
As one person said in the youtube comments: "you're watching two people fall in love whilst singing about murder."
As one person said in the youtube comments: "you're watching two people fall in love whilst singing about murder."
