Date: August 27th, 2026 5:32 PM Author: Fiercely-loyal Adventurous Death Wish Wrinkle
the first half-hour takes place in early-1900's southern florida during a torrid summer and is stylized as a malarial fever-dream, ending with the camera/observer collapsing and the protagonist of the rest of the film delivering a soliloquy about how he shall change the air itself and make 'a habitation of this hell.'
to which an elderly man with a bottle of whiskey shouts 'VAINGLORY!' before the scene fades out.