I don’t like the idea of “understanding” a film. I don’t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn’t. If you are moved by it, you don’t need it explained to you. If not, no explanation can make you moved by it.

Frederico Fellinii

“You are with me once more, Autumn my friend!”

— Anna Akhmatova, from The Seventh Book in You Will Hear Thunder

Werner Wilhelm Schuch - Der reitende Tod über dem Schlachtfeld

Francesco Hayez - Il Consiglio alla Vendetta (detail)