BENEDICT SINISTER
Cinema of Morbid Love
“I’ve got my period,” she says
In the carriage to the boarding house.
“It doesn’t matter.” He wets his fingers
And puts them in his mouth.
Ai no corrida
Breathless
Caligula
Reckless
Bad Timing
Lolita
Dogs in Space
La dolce vita
They kissed in the garden, and now
She lies naked before him.
He attempts to seduce her
Into committing a mortal sin.
L’Innocente
The World of Apu
Torch Song Trilogy
Je t’aime, moi non plus
Lady from Shanghai
Mahler
L’important c’est d’aimer
The Night Porter
She asks him to wash her feet.
She replies “noblesse oblige” and smiles.
She says he has made her love him.
He tells her to cut her fingernails.
Last Tango in Paris
Public Virtues, Private Vices
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Funeral Parade of Roses
Hiroshima mon amour
Cry and Cry Again
The Crucified Lovers
The Rider on the Rain
She agrees to call on him again.
He has something for them to take.
They do what they have to do to end it.
In the morning, she finds that she’s awake.
Nine and a Half Weeks
Le mepris
Ju Dou
Sid and Nancy
Possession
Blade Runner
Badlands
Mishima