“Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when you awake?” (Justin Acala). Sometimes the worst nightmares, lead one to realize that even this nightmare is better than the reality of his conscious life. Ingmar Bergman’s Prison exemplifies such, as a common thread of a performance within a performance runs through some of his films, calling attention to the reality of the lives of his characters. For example, an analysis
girl was still alive. Her family later had moved to Mexico which had an impact on the outcome of Alcala’s sentencing. Police had arrived at the scene with Alcala still in there but he had managed to get out before the police knocked the door down. Acala did everything he could to avoid being
The Art Institute of Chicago houses a sculpture that epitomizes Shingon Buddhism in Japan. Born from an influence of Chinese esoteric Buddhism and the Indian God Shiva, the deity Fudo Myo-o, or “The Immovable One”, is one of the most important figures in Japanese Buddhism. The deity first appears in the Heian Period during the ninth century and is made to help followers of Buddhism with any adversity faced. During the Kamakura Period from the 12th-14th centuries the figure of this guardian king developed