Misericordia - Life After Death (and also Mushrooms)

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PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION: 

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Kathryn joins Melvin to discuss our latest Patreon-selected movie, Misericordia! This foreign drama/dark-comedy from Alain Guiraudie offers a lot to talk about: Fall vibes, yearning, secrets, and plenty of small town conflict. Also, mushrooms!

Topics:

• (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 27-minutes discussing Movies or art-pieces that become rally-cries for fandoms and garner 10/10 reviews in "support" of those projects, and how this makes Melvin go, "Hmmm..." (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 
• The setting of the film, a Fall French countryside, is stunning.
• The film is cozy and even-keeled, but it also has a dash of the grotesque.
• Melvin hasn't watched a lot of Queer cinema and that's largely due to the genre often included a bit more sexuality in it than other genres.
• Someone watching movies outside their comfort zone can sometimes help bring a broader understanding to that person's outlook.
• How we interpret the mushroom as a symbol.
• Talking about love, justice, and living.
• Getting into the ending, discussing its abruptness, and closing thoughts.
• The importance of forgiveness and mercy when expressed and experienced in the right direction, as opposed to from merely observers.

Recommendations:

• Good News in January (you might have missed) (2026) (YouTube)
• Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013) (Video Game)

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