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Can't Get You Out of My Head: Films of Obsession
Obsession rarely announces itself. It lingers, deepens, and quietly takes hold. This Spring, our thematic season Can’t Get You Out Of My Head: Films Of Obsession, explores cinema’s enduring fascination with fixation in all its forms, from voyeurism and stalking to creative mania, erotic compulsion, and love pushed far beyond reason. What begins as desire or curiosity gradually distorts into something more consuming, blurring the line between control and surrender.
Obsession rarely announces itself. It lingers, deepens, and quietly takes hold. This Spring, our thematic season Can’t Get You Out Of My Head: Films Of Obsession, explores cinema’s enduring fascination with fixation in all its forms, from voyeurism and stalking to creative mania, erotic compulsion, and love pushed far beyond reason. What begins as desire or curiosity gradually distorts into something more consuming, blurring the line between control and surrender.
Coinciding with a month of major (re)releases, including Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, Amadeus and the new relationship horror Obsession by Curry Barker, this program brings together works that reveal obsession as both a driving force and a destructive impulse. Across genres and decades, these films trace how fixation reshapes identity, warps perception, and resists resolution. What unites them is a shared intensity, a refusal to let go and the consequences that follow.
Full program and tickets: www.lab111.nl/obsession/