A STRANGE AND TERRIBLE GLIMPSE INTO THE DEEP STATE

[Mark Thibodeau]

Again, from my recently kicked-off blog KubrickU.blogspot.com (forgive
the plug, you needn't go there, I'm reprinting everything relevant in
this email):

In the coming weeks and months, I'll probably have more to say about
the surprise hit documentary film Room 237 - things about it that I
like and agree with, and things about it that I most definitely do NOT
like or agree with. Having said that, I'm always up for "deep
readings" of my favorite artworks, even if and when said deep readings
veer off into goofier territory. Roughly half of Room 237 is spent in
that goofy zone. Those of you who've seen it will know what I mean.

Now we have a new interpretation of The Shining, by Darren Foley of
Must See Films Vimeo channel. The whole thing lasts less than 10
minutes, but it has more interesting things to say than the entirety
of Room 237's 90-plus minute run time. I am particularly intrigued by
the point he raises about connecting the ghostly twin girls with the
bathroom crone... or is that crones? Watch the video and decide for
yourself!

http://vimeo.com/101113745

Cheers,
YOPJ

PS - That video is REALLY worth your time, trust me!

On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 7:36 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for this - yesterday I finally watched that Room 237 doco that's been
> mentioned here and by gum, couldn't tear my eyes away. So many hidden
> connections made that are hard to believe but often impossible to explain
> away.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I figure this information is at least tangential to a lot of Pynchon's
>> greater project, so I figured I'd share it from my most recently
>> started up blog with you all, here...
>>
>> (my blog is KubrickU.blogspot.com)
>>
>> VISUP is a website that appears to be single-handedly put together by
>> a semi-anonymous savant going by the name of Recluse. His site is
>> dedicated "to exploring the vast Fortean realms of mind control, deep
>> politics, sacred geometry, onomatology and synchronicity; occult film
>> and music; the supernatural, the extraterrestrial and the
>> multi-dimensional; high weirdness in all its many forms", and it's
>> currently home to an absolutely fascinating series of profound,
>> densely-packed articles about one of Stanley Kubrick's best known
>> movies, Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love
>> the Bomb.
>>
>>
>> http://visupview.blogspot.ca/2014/07/dr-strangelove-strange-and-terrible.html
>>
>> In the first installment of his series - Dr. Strangelove: A Strange
>> and Terrible Glimpse Into the Deep State - Recluse begins with an
>> extended prolegomena, then explains his goals thusly:
>>
>> "Hundreds, and likely thousands, of articles and blogs have been
>> written on the esoteric significance of2001: A Space Odyssey and Eyes
>> Wide Shut. A fair amount are also available on A Clockwork Orangeand
>> The Shining. For this present series I would like to address one of
>> Kubrick's most well known films, yet one that is rarely if ever
>> examined in depth by conventional conspiracy theorists: the 1964
>> "nightmare comedy" Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying
>> and Love the Bomb. That this film, despite being rich in a host of
>> symbolism and allegories, has been widely ignored by mainline
>> conspiracy theorists is hardly surprising for reasons that shall be
>> addressed throughout this series."
>>
>> Recluse then goes on to tie together everything from "deep history"
>> scholar Caroll Quigley's theories about the Anglo-American
>> Establishment, the "Four Establishment Model of Western Politics",
>> obscure Cold War scrapes and near-misses culled from the deep
>> biographies of Robert MacNamara, McGeorge Bundy, Curtis LeMay and
>> other such super-powered, death-loving lunatics of the Military
>> Industrial Intelligence Complex, with detours taken to California's
>> "muy mysterioso" Laurel Canyon (with hyper-hipster Terry Southern) and
>> Jolly Old England (with the spawn of super-insider John Buchan's
>> loins, Alastair, among other Round Table cohorts), before signing off
>> until the second installment...
>>
>>
>> http://visupview.blogspot.ca/2014/07/dr-strangelove-strange-and-terrible_12.html
>>
>> Dr. Strangelove: A Strange and Terrible Glimpse Into the Deep State,
>> Part II is, if anything, even deeper and more mind-bending than the
>> first installment in this incredible series. Here, I won't even try to
>> parse out the connections and flow from topic to character to event.
>> Rather, I'll just present them as a dada jumble of alphabet soup for
>> you to digest if and as you will: The Egyptian God Set. Cowboy
>> mythology. Manifest Destiny. The Marquis de Sade. Oedipus. Hecate. The
>> Doomsday Machine. General Curtis LeMay again (perhaps one of the most
>> terrifying figures in Cold War history). General Lyman Lemnitzer of
>> Operation Northwoods infamy (ditto). Nazi rocket-man Werner von Braun
>> (double-ditto). JFK's assassination. The OSS. The CIA. Wild Bill
>> Donovan. The Order of Malta. Herman Kahn. Bay of Pigs. Operation
>> Gladio. Adlai Stevenson. The Council on Foreign Relations. The RAND
>> Corporation. Henry Kissinger. Edward "Father of the Bomb" Teller.
>> Project Paperclip. Google any of the above people, places, groups or
>> events and you'll uncover a multiverse of mid-20th century shenanigans
>> that, when taken together, begin to form a fractal, holographic image
>> of a particular, peculiar moment in historical time. But whatever you
>> do, by all means, read the post!
>>
>>
>> http://visupview.blogspot.ca/2014/07/dr-strangelove-strange-and-terrible_19.html
>>
>> Which brings us to Dr. Strangelove: A Strange and Terrible Glimpse
>> Into the Deep State, Part III, which, for now, is the latest
>> installment in Recluse's must-read series. After getting a lot of the
>> groundwork laid in the first two installments, here is where we
>> finally get to the meat of the film's main events and plot points.
>> It's here that Recluse examines a number of issues, including
>> Kubrick's repeated use of sexual imagery and metaphors, the functions,
>> history and deep psychology of propaganda, more on mind control, sex
>> magic (bodily fluids, anyone?), the Pentagon/Pentagram symbolism, the
>> All Seeing Eye of Providence, the caste of warrior monks
>> andphilosopher kings, and of course, the secret meanings behind all
>> those "kooky" character names (Buck Turgidson, Merkin Muffley, etc).
>>
>> And so that's where the series currently stands. Personally, I can't
>> wait for Parts IV, V, VI and however many moreRecluse has got planned
>> for us in the coming weeks and months.
>>
>> Now, I'm not saying I agree with every single point that Recluse has
>> made so far. Because Godzilla only knows, he's made one hell of a lot
>> of them. But what I will say is this: If, during the course of Kubrick
>> U's existence, I somehow manage to publish anything that comes close
>> to being as substantial, rigorous and encyclopedic as Recluse's
>> incredible exegesis of Dr Strangelove is, I will be able to wrap
>> things up tight and be satisfied that this blog had somehow served its
>> purpose.
>>
>> So go read Recluse's posts. Go. Now. Do it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> yer old pal Jerky
>> -
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