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The Keep (1983)
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迈克尔·曼 actor: 斯科特·格伦 / 伊恩·麦克莱恩 …
other title: 魔鬼战士堡 / 天魔劫 …
Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar, and a mysterious traveller.

finished watching The Keep 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Half-star bump up on rewatch.

An honestly fascinating follow-up to the precision of Thief, and it's too bad that we never got more supernatural/sci-fi from Mann after this because I'd love to see what else he's got in that dept.

There's an idea in my head that's been ruminating for a while now that I haven't found the time or've been able to put into words; an exploration of the Jewish experience as it relates to a physical place/space (the Keep in The Keep, the Van Buren Institute community center in The Brutalist, the idyllic home next to Auschwitz in Zone of Interest).

(Maybe there isn't anything there, but if there is and you're smarter/more capable than me (likely!) and want to take a crack at it, just give me thanks when you win an award for it.)