Celebrating the melancholic side of Christmas in film
The Criterion Collection put together a beautiful video essay that elaborates on the nostalgic and blue side of Christmas in film with epic imagery that shows…
The Criterion Collection put together a beautiful video essay that elaborates on the nostalgic and blue side of Christmas in film with epic imagery that shows the everlasting melancholy and hope of the Holiday season.
“Perhaps the real question is not why are so many Christmas movies so sad, but why do we watch them? The fact is even the darkest of Christmas movies offers a kind of catharsis, New Years day is a week away but Christmas feels like the true culmination of the year,” explains the narrator.
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