Simone de Beauvoir, from Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 1, 1926-27
Text ID: I observe how much I have matured since last year despite my belief that I was losing myself, how something strong was born from the painful experiences survived and from the numerous minutes that I believed were wasted.
Jan Švankmajer’s Castle of Otranto (1977) is an animated adaptation of Horace Walpole’s 1764 novel of the same name. This novel is credited with the start of the genre of gothic fiction, and was heavily influential on the horror genre as a whole.

Fiona Macalister with ‘Archangel’ made for The Scottish Countryside Commission in 1974
“This Man Was Shot 0.9502 Seconds Ago,” David Lynch
Hi-res stills taken from David Lynch: The Art Life (2016), dir. Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm