“We are one with the power that created us. We are safe, and all is well in our world.”
Safe begins with a seemingly simple premise: A housewife (Julianne Moore) becomes overwrought with an inexplicable illness. As the film unfolds, it becomes apparent that these symptoms are mere signifiers of larger, unfathomable evils.
Thirty years after its debut at Sundance in 1995, Safe feels strikingly prescient. Few films since have captured modern social estrangement with such intrigue. The film’s approach to health, environmentalism, and collective anxiety has aged like a fine physik. Director Todd Haynes (Carol, May December, Far From Heaven) imprisons the viewer within their own reality, drawing their eye toward the malignance of their own existence. Every cut asks the viewer: Can we know the truth? Can we know ourselves? Are we alone? Are we safe?
Presented by Bleak Cinema