SIX FILMS THAT INSPIRED LUCY —
MANON 70 (1968, dir. jean aurel) — manon is an amoral, free spirit who uses sex to surround herself in relatively luxurious surroundings.
ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER (1969, dir. lucio fulci) — an unscrupulous doctor is accused of killing his asthmatic wife as part of an insurance scam, despite discovering that she has a doppelgänger who works as a stripper and call girl.
SICK OF MYSELF (2022, dir. kristoffer borgli) — increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend’s recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of oslo’s cultural elite.
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT (2018, dir. lars von trier) — failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life’s work as a serial killer for twelve years.
IN MY SKIN (2002, dir. marina de van) — a woman grows increasingly fascinated with her body after suffering a disfiguring accident.
SUCCESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE (1974, dir. alain robbe-grillet) — a young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. the girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.