sons and lovers

“And in this passion for understanding her soul lay close to his; she had him all to herself. But he must be made abstract first.”

““They can do whatever they want with me, I don’t care,” she murmured. “But tell me you still love me.””

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film · murmur of the heart by louis malle is a controversial yet affable unfolding of an overly-tender mother-son relationship.

music · this girl’s in love with you by dizzy gillespie provides a lighthearted backdrop.

sculptures · jacob epstein’s day and night sculptures celebrate “the great primal facts of man and woman.”

painting · michelangelo creation of adam can be spotted in our film, perhaps foreshadowing our original sin.

words i · from the canonical source of enchanted mothers, sons and lovers by d.h. lawrence.

words ii · from pauline réage’s erotic novel story of o which also features in our film.