Saltburn (2023)
Figures
Locations
- The film's 2006-2007 setting, defined by its fashion, technology, and indie-pop soundtrack.
Form & technique
- Bathtub drain scene where Oliver drinks Felix's bathwater. → The Abject
- The grave scene, where Oliver has sex with the freshly dug earth of Felix's grave. → Grotesque Realism
- Oliver's final nude dance sequence through the Saltburn manor.
Tropes
- Oliver's systematic infiltration and destruction of the Catton family.
- Oliver's fabricated backstory of a poor, tragic home life.
- The Minotaur statue in the center of the Saltburn maze. → The Gaze (Le Regard)
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