yeah kubrick’s final film, what a note to leave on. When this was released in 99 I was still in high school, and driving past the cinema where it was showing, even being so young and knowing nothing verily I sensed the significance of this, but didn’t have the independence of thought etc to delve further. Though it would no doubt have been quite a trip to see this in the context of the general public, verily it is only now that I can understand the full significance of the film and in particular the ‘masked ball scene’ arguably one of finest expressions of ‘The Mystery’ to be put to film. The password for admittance is fidelio. And the password for the house? Also fidelio. It is a trick question that mirrors faithfulness itself, perturabo in Crowlean speak – a commitment to a vision – to see vision through as being the acid test of gold/value. ‘Get rich or die trying’ can be paraphrased as ‘forge the best of all possible worlds or die with your hand holding your balls’, both outcomes ultimately being good outcomes