CANNIBALISTIC PARANOID NARCISSISM

AMAZON PRIME — BARRY KEOGHAN — SALTBURN — 2023

So much is being said about this film and rumored about some scenes that are supposed to be sexy and they are but in a plain cinematographic way. Just do not show what everyone wants to see, and just give a glimpse of it within a full view of the backside dancing in front of your eyes. So, plain sexy erotic appeal. Nothing is more desirable than what you do not see, you cannot watch, you can only have a skimpy glimpse at. But don’t try to get a closer vision. The actor is Irish so, he is probably not cut.

But of course, the most important side of this film is not the few sexy scenes between mostly the three male young characters who from time to time may condescend to, or plainly conquer, grasp, take possession of a girl for a minute, rarely more, because they are quick to come to terms with the situation to move on to the next vessel of their bliss. So, what is the most important side of this film? It is what some call the gothic story. But it is in no way gothic in the simple meaning of the term. It is simply a cannibalistic self-possessed male who has decided to take possession of the assets of a rich, very rich aristocrat, a Sir mind you but with no noble title. Too bad. The cannibal is Oliver Quick. He is from an upper middleclass family, but he pretends his family is derelict…