(I wanted to catch this again before it leaves cinemas.)

Thinking this time about the convex mirror (known as both a butler's mirror and witch eye mirror) that Losey shoots so many key moments through. Acts displayed backwards, the fairground distortion of image. It's transformative effect as it shows the relationships between master, servant, their fiancées, and their battle within the stultifying space of the house.

How, through obscure angles, Losey's mirror reveals hidden assignations, lending a voyeuristic thrill –…

You can’t alter human nature.

No? I think you can do even better than that. You can ignore it.

I completely adored this on rewatch:

- Walbrook's Lermotov*, a "gifted cruel monster"; elegant and arrogant. At times vampiric, watching from the shadows or behind a curtain, red-eyed with rage, brooding in a dark room, digging his fingernails into his skin, smashing mirrors. His debonair manner, decadence and unbeatable costuming choices. His charisma and mischief. His supressed sexuality and anger at…

Listen to me. Look at me, look at me. All that I am is us. All that could be, you already are. You're so strong. You're so wise. You're so powerful. You're so grumpy in the mornings. You're so... you're so close to god without even having to utter his name. I want to make you laugh and make you safe. I'm not gonna live in a world where our children's children don't get to make you laugh when they…