a.c. rodríguez

On Spotify:   sympathy for the schoolgirl playlist  🎀 57 mins. songs that an angel vibes to while interacting with some boring criminal until she sees herself in nietzsche's eternal feminine, idk 1. CUUUUuuuuuute -- ROSALÍA 2. Clocks -- Alex Baker & Sahara Moon 3. The Story of Light -- William Orbit 4. I Feel Love (Remix) -- Donna Summer & Vanessa Mae 5. 4 ÆM -- Grimes 6. The Wretched -- Nine Inch Nails 7. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds -- The Beatles 8. Smooth Criminal -- Michael Jackson 9. Hollywood (Remix) -- Madonna & Jacques Lu Cont 10. Paparazzi - Lady Gaga 11. STARGAZING -- Travis Scott 12. V.A.N. -- Poppy

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Serial Killing and PTSD. Nothing graphic in this post. Thank you for joining me in this blogging journey. This post covers (in a pretty spoiler-free way) my published work, the short-story entitled "Knight Stalker: A Short Story in Three Parts," This litfic short story is inspired by the Luis Buñuel film "Simon of the Desert," which I covered in the previous post . As well as a particularly strange case in history of a serial killer saying some alarmingly true things about society's perception of evil.  Stay with me ;) It's got meta elements. Although I don't want to spoon-feed any interpretations, the piece reflects the sadness and the madness of violence on a micro scale as well as a macro one. It is certainly a choice to introduce myself with a dark piece. But, I won't have it any other way. Because of Dante's Inferno; I got to get this out first, and my other pieces will be much gentler and much easier reads. STYL...

Hey guys! So, today I want to talk about the short film "Simon of the Desert" (or, Simón del Desierto as it's titled in Spanish). I want to give a brief background of the film, including the plan for the project versus the finished product, and then I want to analyze the main themes. YouTube has allowed an upload of the film if you'd like to view it. All of the opinions in this post are my own. Spoilers ahead. Let's Get Into the Background. According to Mexican actor Silvia Pinal who features as one of the two main leads, the film began as a project meant to have three parts, each handled by a different director. One part would be directed by Gustavo Alatriste (Pinal's husband at the time, and who ended up as the film's producer), the other by Luis Buñuel and the third by another. Federico Fellini and Jules Dassin were in talks to take on the third part, and both of these directors were already known for -- like Buñuel -- incorporating controversial theme...