Safe (1995)

23 Aug 2023

Rating: 5/5

San Fernando Valley, 1987

Carol is a bored, rich housewife who suddenly becomes ill, and no doctor or psychiatrist can determine why

Environmental Illness: Are You Allergic to the 20th Century?

All in white and pastel, accosted by black couches, black trucks unloading black fumes, black gangs invading the city

Dad, how do you spell "uzi"?

She’s safe as houses in a gated mansion: safe from harm, safe from herself and her hate. Walking the garden at night, she holds a wilted rose — a spotlight on her, security detail for the neighborhood

I found the whole 12-step thing just another form of addiction

Julianne Moore is incredible in this — forever underrated

There are so many good overheard lines, but one of my favorites is a woman talking about her young son’s seemingly psychosomatic illness. “He can’t go into Chunky Cheese anymore! Why would he do that to himself?”

Funny, unnerving, cruel, beautiful — I love this movie, and I barely understand it. I’m going to spending a lot of time thinking about this one


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