the concept of absurdity is something i’m attracted to

1951
“It’s as if we were under a spell, outside of time, unending.”
i found an almost desperate ecstasy in this that moved me, though I'm not really sure why. a film that takes ahold of you from the very beginning and mesmerizes and enchants you. it truly is like being in a dream you simply don’t want to end. ava gardner is the dream itself, lovelorn, the most piercing beauty, existing in technicolor modern mysticism, under burning deep blue skies,…