Thanks sweetie! # 4 is one of my favorites too; I was really pleased with the strong contrast effect.

Veronika's moral is bullshit but the movie was so beautiful

Amen. It's one of the most gorgeously lensed films I've ever seen
http://ladymanson.com/galleries/movies/MoviesTV/displayimage.php?album=7&pid=14357#top_display_media
http://ladymanson.com/galleries/movies/MoviesTV/displayimage.php?album=7&pos=1665
but - what is the shorthand term for beautiful images put to the service of a terrible message? ("A major portion of Western art and culture" is a little unwieldy.) Smothering mother, love at first sight, creativity as a cure - and I could write a nice long post about my issues with the depiction of women & masturbation & the association re: mental illness in the movies (Veronika, Margot at the Wedding, Black Swan.) Ugh

The fact that Sarah does hit the "right notes" (no pun intended) re: depression, suicide, hopelessness, lethargy, anger etc just makes it worse.

Apparently it's available on bluray so I guess it was pretty popular worldwide? I don't recall that it got a US release.