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A darkened theater with a glowing screen is precisely the sort of liminal space that is the topic of the movie. $20 to fall through the skin of the world for a
by altairprime 5mo ago
A darkened theater with a glowing screen is precisely the sort of liminal space that is the topic of the movie. $20 to fall through the skin of the world for a couple hours? Seems like a no-brainer to me, given how rare and precious any liminal feeling at all is these days. And, if I go support this, maybe they’ll finally make a House of Leaves movie. One can dream.
- Slow_Hand 5mo agoI’d hardly consider a movie theater a liminal space. To me a theater is a destination, not a transitional area. That said I do like your description of “falling through the skin of the world.” A+.
- altairprime 5mo agoTry seeing the movie using https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48018066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48018066 and sit in the center back row so that you can see the entire empty room as you watch it. Obviously this doesn’t work if everyone does it their first time (though I see some empty seats just a half hour away, so for evening Sunday showings it might be solidly reliable); I bet it hits different the second time too :)
- BLKNSLVR 5mo agoI'm 150 pages away from the end of my current book. At which point House of Leaves shall become my current book. I'm looking forward to the experience.
- smithcoin 5mo agoThe faster you read House of Leaves the better the meta-experience.
- altairprime 5mo agoI’ve lost three copies so far!
- smithcoin 5mo agoAnother comment reminded me that there is a similar one called You Should Have Left.