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Personal Shopper (2016)

Maureen: So we made this oath... 

Whoever died first would send the other a sign.

Ingo: A sign? From- from the afterlife?

Maureen: You could call it that; 

you could call it a million things.

Ingo: But... how do you know if it's a sign?

Maureen: I'm a medium. He was- 

he was a medium. I'll just know it.

Ingo: Have you... communicated with spirits before?

Maureen: Um. Lewis thought they were... spirits. 

I'm- I'm less sure. But yes. Uh, somewhat.

I mean there are invisible... presences... around us. 

Always. I mean whether or not they're the souls of the dead, 

I don't know, but... You know when you're a medium 

you just are attuned to some sort of... vibe.

Ingo: What do you mean by- by vibe?

Maureen: It's an intuition thing; it's a feeling. 

You... You see this door... That's only like slightly, ajar.

Ingo: Well... How's within that, that the 

soul... continues to exist... after death?

Maureen: I don't even know if I believe in that.

Can you believe that this movie is turning 10 this year? Time really has ceased having meaning. Anyway we're not here for that -- it didn't premiere at Cannes until May of 2016 -- we are here because actor Lars Eidinger, who played Ingo in the film and of whom we're an enormous fan, is turning 50 today. We previously did a great big gratuitous post on Lars for on his 45th birthday right here, but we're circling back on him because in the five years since then he's only made more of a name for himself -- he can seen briefly in Noah Baumbach's film Jay Kelly right now, but the biggest news of all dropped a few weeks ago -- he's playing the villain Brainiac in the next Superman movie! That is WILD casting. Great, interesting, and surprising casting -- you'd think they'd go with a big name, but they went with a great actor instead. And Lars is also, it must be added with great fondness and appreciation, a massive freak. We approve, James Gunn!