So I started this Tumblr because I have been watching ‘Hvor er Thea’ and noticed something interesting in the last episode.
When Liv is sitting in Thea’s room and Guttorm is trying to persuade her to not just go after Eivind but actually go to the appointment with Trond you see some of the posters in Thea’s room more clearly.
1. The film poster title says: ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock.’
A quick google tells me that the book (and the subsequent film adaption) is a fictional story of schoolgirls around 1900 who mysteriously disappear at a picnic in the Australian desert. Wikipedia (I know, not the most trustworthy source, but still) says ‘Though the events depicted in the novel are entirely fictional, it is framed as though it is a true story, corroborated by ambiguous pseudohistorical references. Its irresolute conclusion has sparked significant public, critical, and scholarly analysis, and the narrative has become a part of Australia's national folklore as a result.’ The girls in the story are never found, and the author of the book, Joan Lindsay, has kept the legend of this story alive by alluding that it might be a true story.
Quite interesting that Thea has this poster on the wall...(and I love that the film crew are adding Easter eggs like this, META.)
2. The black and white picture next to the image of a boob (Yes I’m team #livea) also made me do some research. Doesn’t it look very similar to Yayoi Kusama’s pictures of herself in black and white dots from the 1960s(?). I’ve seen an exhibition of her work and it really reminded me of that style. If it indeed is one of Kusama’s portrait’s, then it’s again interesting that Thea has a picture of her ‘Self-obliteration’ series (looks like it could be from that). And Kusama herself has struggled with depression and has been living in a hospital for mentally ill since the 1970s (when she admitted herself).
I feel like there’s a few references to Thea herself here maybe...?
Let me know what you think!
