It’s a strange moment, when you realise that the life you’ve been living is actually not what your body and brain are designed for. For example, I’ve lived all my life in cities or suburbs, and in cities and suburbs there are always rules, restrictions, witnesses and emergency services. You lock your doors and by and large people respect that boundary, and you do your best to forget that all that separates you from the rainstorm outside is a foot of brick or a few panes of glass. All that separates you from the violence of others is the collective knowledge that this organisation of people - civil society or whatever you choose to call it - relies on everybody respecting those boundaries and hoping that theirs are respected in turn. So it really is chilling when you watch something like Martha Marcy May Marlene and realise that all that … There’s more →