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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, Ludwig (1973) is coming your way. It is an epic-level mostly-English-language biopic of 19th-century Bavarian king Ludwig II (1869-1886), a man who desperately wanted to live in a fairy tale, and directed his vast fortune toward his fruitless effort to do so, especially his pet project, the famed Neuschwanstein Castle. Unfortunately for him, he is mentally unstable and suffers from megalomaniacal delusions, not to mention constant insecurity over his homosexuality, his confused lust for his cousin (Princess Elisabeth of Austria), his dwindling funds, and the absorption of Bavaria into the German Empire. He descends into goblin mode as his life deteriorates. The director is renowned Italian auteur Luchino Visconti, whose Ossessione (1943) we watched on Sunday. This was the most expensive European film ever at the time, and is now regarded as one of Visconti’s best works. This one runs almost four hours by itself, so it will be the only film shown tonight. We will take an intermission during the act break.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Ludwig: https://letterboxd.com/film/ludwig/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Ludwig: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/86486

CWs for Ludwig:

• Domestic violence.
• Chloroform.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Tooth damage.
• Strangulation.
• Cheating.
• Mental hospital scene.
• Suicide.
• PTSD.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Babies.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Incest.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Drowning.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Ludwig: https://tankie.tube/w/kTfBssMgvxsW9LbW45tH52