#the substance

[mediocre-megs]

honestly more media should portray the anti aging industry as horrific and decidedly unhuman. it IS body horror it IS grotesque it DOES go against nature*. it WILL kill you. yes.

*this is NOT anti-hrt or anti-vax or anything of the sort. i love criticisms of the anti aging industry + sci-fi/horror. i also love trans people and vaccines and medicine and science. i also don’t care if you personally have botox. this was a shitpost i made while high and 2/3 of the way through the substance (2024). terfs dni. cheers.

[junkfoodcinemas]

2024 + HORROR

[unalignedbrat]

CONTROL YOURSELF !!!

i don't want her memory. i want my own.

[chappellsroans]

DAVID TENNANT I BAFTA Film Awards 2025

[pinkponygrl]

need to string together my thoughts more on this but reeeeeally interesting to see the influx of media - severance, the substance, mickey 17 - centered on the idea of a double/expendable iteration of yourself.

the dehumanization of workers by the way of non-livable wages, unsafe working conditions, and identity based discrimination (and the current removal of dei initiatives), all drive a wedge between our personhood and the value we are prescribed as a member of the workforce. something something the effects of ai and deepfakes already putting people in danger, the way we live and present our lives online vs in reality, there’s a lot to unpack here. but it’s fascinating to see this trope so widely translated as a storytelling vehicle for these ideas, and that this is the story that people are interested in telling.

[logray]

THE SHINING (1980) HANNIBAL (2013-15) THE SUBSTANCE (2024)

[skullingwaydraws]

Remember you are one

[sydmarch]

baffled by all the people who have been like "weird that they cast demi moore in this role when she's still gorgeous idgi" that's literally?? the point?? that you could be the most beautiful older woman on earth & still be devalued and made to feel ugly by society & then internalize those feelings regardless of any objective beauty??

[freshmoviequotes]

The Substance (2024)

[anyataylorjoys]

THE SUBSTANCE (2024) dir. Coralie Fargeat + TRIVIA

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The Substance (2024) Carolie Fargeat Designed by Aleks Phoenix

[wh0-is-lily]

Margaret Qualley photographed for the Golden Globes

[sick-sad-world-revolution-now]

Of course it was deserved, I didn't want to make it sound like this was not an important award to win. Obviously the work done on Demi's prosthetics is pretty impressive and makes it all so good in the end, but the film deserved so much more and, like you said, the women who made it possible were robbed. It's frustrating to see it happening and not just once, because we know if the Academy had a majority of women voting then things would have looked very different. Thanks for sharing the featurette, I hadn't seen that one

last year Barbie lost the oscar. this year The Substance lost the oscar. The Substance won one oscar, for “best make up and hairstyling”. this year Anora won the oscar, a film made by a man and a film that normalises prostitution. the films made by women and adopting a feminist perspective didn’t stand a chance, even though we can say Barbie had a lot of publicity. even though they were praised by both the public and the specialised critics. why is that ? what does it tell us about our society ? what happens around the films, how they are welcomed, treated and awarded (or not), is as much fascinating and telling as the films themselves.

[gettingscrazy]

DEMI MOORE as ELISABETH SPARKLE THE SUBSTANCE (2024) dir. Coralie Fargeat

[tay-swifts]

MARGARET QUALLEY & DEMI MOORE at the Golden Globe Awards (Jan 05, 2025)