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Something About Sebastián Silva’s Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus
This piece is for those who have seen Sebastián Silva’s “Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus.” Unless you’ve seen the film, this piece won’t much mean to you.
Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus is on my top-50 favorite films list. I’ve seen it multiple times and with multiple people. The end of the film has always left me with two contemplations that, for whatever reason, I found myself coming back to regularly over the past couple of weeks. One is rather simple, the other less so.
Jamie doesn’t get enough credit. I don’t know if this was by director
Sebastián Silva’s design or by chance, but the impression that the film generally leaves on people (in my experience) is that Jamie is the jerk and the Crystal Fairy is the lovable hero. Jamie has a growth experience and learns to empathize with the Fairy.
That’s all largely true, of course, but I think it’s only part of the story.
The thing is, Jamie is actually correct when they start their mescaline trip and he tells the Crystal Fairy to stop being so fake. He’d crude about it, but he’s right.
We (the audience) first saw how fake she was near the start of the film when she sneaks some chips and cola after going on and on about only eating healthy…
