Recently I have been close to the phenomenon of suicide. A friend does not recover from the suicide of his partner, and his psychotic traits have triggered... LaterI was invited to a forum on art as suicide prevention, but the dialogue was dominated by two survivors, a victim's partner and a psychologist with the usual discourse. ThenI saw «The Moth Diaries», a film in which suicide is the theme that underlies the entire plot, but it does not shed light on it but rather takes the usual way: the pain of the relatives and friends who mourn the loss of the one who took his life. The film focuses on Rebecca, the daughter of a writer who committed suicide. The interesting thing is that it also takes the path of the supernatural and introduces us to the corporeal representation of a suicide victim called Ernessa Bloch. However, she is just another cuckoo and Mary Harron's script gives very vague reasons as to why Erness wants Rebecca to commit suicide too. As usual, the protagonist and the ghost do not urge us to let go of the suicide victims, to respect their decision and to "let them go." If not, there would be no movie...
I believe there are two basic types of suicide victims: first, the person who wanted to live, but did not know how to handle his/her discomfort and chose suicide. That person needed help from a mental health specialist. And second, the person who simply wants to die, who wants to say bye-bye to this world and move on to something else, without fear of what comes, if anything is going to come. But suicide is demonized, especially by religions. And movies like «The Moth Diaries» do little to exorcise the demons that have been attributed to suicide, so everybody can understand it better... because we can even see it as a normal control of overpopulation! In a way!
I liked the sobriety of the treatment (except for the blood showers), which resulted in a well-crafted and restrained horror film, but as a reflection on suicide Mary Harron (director of «I Shot Andy Warhol» and «American Psycho») did not make an enlightening contribution.
I believe there are two basic types of suicide victims: first, the person who wanted to live, but did not know how to handle his/her discomfort and chose suicide. That person needed help from a mental health specialist. And second, the person who simply wants to die, who wants to say bye-bye to this world and move on to something else, without fear of what comes, if anything is going to come. But suicide is demonized, especially by religions. And movies like «The Moth Diaries» do little to exorcise the demons that have been attributed to suicide, so everybody can understand it better... because we can even see it as a normal control of overpopulation! In a way!
I liked the sobriety of the treatment (except for the blood showers), which resulted in a well-crafted and restrained horror film, but as a reflection on suicide Mary Harron (director of «I Shot Andy Warhol» and «American Psycho») did not make an enlightening contribution.