I hadn't considered the size thing with Woodcock but it explains the incident in the film where he melts down at the wedding and invades the bridal suite. The groom is based on Porfirio Rubirosa who was internationally famous for having a huge schlong. There's also the scene when Alma is measured all over and apologises for having small breasts, Woodcock actually says 'no breasts' and Alma is similarly triggered later by the princess with the almost comically perfect breasts.
I've thought for a while that the relationship between Alma and Woodcock might reflect PTA's feelings on his own relationship to Kubrick. Reynolds has a country home with lots of boxes in storage just like SK. We see Alma learning and mastering his trade and discovering his hidden message. There is the New Year's Eve scene which is full of Kubrickian imagery with NYE obviously also corresponding to 2001 and the (actual) beginning of the new millennium. We see a spaceship and Alma holding hands with someone in a mask very like the 2001 apes.
And there's this from the final scene which suggests gnostic Return.
"If he didn't wake up from this, if he wasn't here tomorrow, no matter. For I know he'd be waiting for me in the afterlife or some safe celestial place, in this life and the next and the next one after. And for whatever there is on the road that follows from here, it would only require my patience to get to him again. You see, to be in love with him makes life no great mystery.
"Sometimes I jump ahead in our life together, and I see a time near the end. I can predict the future, and everything is settled. And all our lovers and children and friends come back and are welcome. And we have large gatherings where everyone is laughing and playing games. I am older and I see things differently, and I finally understand you. I take care of your dresses, keeping them from dust and ghosts and time."
Love this comment. The next piece I put up will have a little detour about PTA and the way he depicts Kubrick in his movies, that connects with what you say here.
Also, one crucial thing Bill and I both forgot to mention is the Nathan Fielder show about the guy with a micropenis is called 'The Curse' — cf. with Woodcock's slogan "never cursed."
I hadn't considered the size thing with Woodcock but it explains the incident in the film where he melts down at the wedding and invades the bridal suite. The groom is based on Porfirio Rubirosa who was internationally famous for having a huge schlong. There's also the scene when Alma is measured all over and apologises for having small breasts, Woodcock actually says 'no breasts' and Alma is similarly triggered later by the princess with the almost comically perfect breasts.
I've thought for a while that the relationship between Alma and Woodcock might reflect PTA's feelings on his own relationship to Kubrick. Reynolds has a country home with lots of boxes in storage just like SK. We see Alma learning and mastering his trade and discovering his hidden message. There is the New Year's Eve scene which is full of Kubrickian imagery with NYE obviously also corresponding to 2001 and the (actual) beginning of the new millennium. We see a spaceship and Alma holding hands with someone in a mask very like the 2001 apes.
And there's this from the final scene which suggests gnostic Return.
"If he didn't wake up from this, if he wasn't here tomorrow, no matter. For I know he'd be waiting for me in the afterlife or some safe celestial place, in this life and the next and the next one after. And for whatever there is on the road that follows from here, it would only require my patience to get to him again. You see, to be in love with him makes life no great mystery.
"Sometimes I jump ahead in our life together, and I see a time near the end. I can predict the future, and everything is settled. And all our lovers and children and friends come back and are welcome. And we have large gatherings where everyone is laughing and playing games. I am older and I see things differently, and I finally understand you. I take care of your dresses, keeping them from dust and ghosts and time."
Love this comment. The next piece I put up will have a little detour about PTA and the way he depicts Kubrick in his movies, that connects with what you say here.
Also, one crucial thing Bill and I both forgot to mention is the Nathan Fielder show about the guy with a micropenis is called 'The Curse' — cf. with Woodcock's slogan "never cursed."