La Bruja de Kings Cross

2021 • 75 minutos

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Inspirada en la obra de Aleister Crowley, la artista bohemia Rosaleen Norton defendió una visión panteísta de la brujería y una magia sexual libre de reglas religiosas y morales. Finalmente, los implacables escándalos llevaron a la caída de su amante de la alta sociedad. Contada "en sus propias palabras", la película entrelaza dramas estilizados y bailarines eróticos con obras de arte, diarios y álbumes de recortes nunca antes vistos. La Bruja de Kings Cross es el fascinante retrato de una intrépida y forajida mujer que se opone a las temibles fuerzas conservadoras, y una visión de la obra de un genio no celebrado. En la nueva ola de feminismo actual, la historia de Rosaleen nunca ha sido más pertinente.

Calificaciones y opiniones

Nice short tribute to a post WWII iconoclast probably less known because of gender than content. Earlier artists from Rimbaud to Artaud to Norton's contemporary, Lenny Bruce, challenged their respective milieu. Ultimately, her imagery of the occult was rather traditional. Dion Fortune, Annie Besant and Madam Blavatsky were and remain esoteric. As a result, their work is more challenging to the status quo. Anything that empowers people to live their truth is a good thing. Could have used less of Ms. Sheridan's choreography; nothing new or interesting there. Nor with the music. Interesting subject; pedantic treatment. Worth a watch but uninspired.

An absolutely brilliant and beautiful film about a woman that isn't very well known in occult circles today. If Aleister Crowley was the avatar of the Great Beast 666, Rosaleen Norton was the quintessential avatar of Babalon. 10/10