Episode 253: Tarkovsky's Starchild
Very Bad Wizards
Porcupine. Is It an Allegory?
It's hard to figure out what it's an allegory for. I don't have any confidence that I understand the metaphorical aspect of the movie or even that there are metaphors for anything. It gives us enough that we're not we can't just say any old thing. If it's two on the nose it's not interesting but there is the worry that like you can make it so complex or about some like have so many different angles to it that any interpretation would work.
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