Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Have you ever looked at an empty hallway, a foggy parking lot, or a dimly lit childhood bedroom and thought: this feels wrong? That’s a liminal space, a place that exists between the familiar and the unknown. And cinema? It’s full of them.
In this video, I delve into the eerie, emotional, and dreamlike realm of liminal spaces in film. From the haunting stillness of Stalker and Mirror to the disorienting horror of Skinamarink, the surreal suburbs of Vivarium, and the subconscious nightmare of David Lynch’s Eraserhead and Lost Highway.
Films Mentioned:
Stalker (1979)
Mirror (1975)
Skinamarink (2022)
Vivarium (2019)
Eraserhead (1977)
Lost Highway (1997)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
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0:00 Intro
1:05 Stillness & Emptiness
3:46 Like What You See?
4:04 A Sense of Waiting
6:24 Dream Logic
9:47 Liminal As A Mood, Not Just A Place
11:57 The Aesthetic of Being Lost
15:05 Outro
Have you ever looked at an empty hallway, a foggy parking lot, or a dimly lit childhood bedroom and thought: this feels wrong? That’s a liminal space, a place that exists between the familiar and the unknown. And cinema? It’s full of them.
In this video, I delve into the eerie, emotional, and dreamlike realm of liminal spaces in film. From the haunting stillness of Stalker and Mirror to the disorienting horror of Skinamarink, the surreal suburbs of Vivarium, and the subconscious nightmare of David Lynch’s Eraserhead and Lost Highway.
Films Mentioned:
Stalker (1979)
Mirror (1975)
Skinamarink (2022)
Vivarium (2019)
Eraserhead (1977)
Lost Highway (1997)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
✦ Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Jakobross
✦ Instagram: instagram.com/jakobrossfilmguy
✦ BUSINESS INQUIRIES:
jakobross101@gmail.com
Thank you for watching! :)
0:00 Intro
1:05 Stillness & Emptiness
3:46 Like What You See?
4:04 A Sense of Waiting
6:24 Dream Logic
9:47 Liminal As A Mood, Not Just A Place
11:57 The Aesthetic of Being Lost
15:05 Outro
