Movie Substrate · Film
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
★ 6.5 · 1,544 ratings on TMDB
Three beautiful women. One lucky devil.
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
DirectorGeorge Miller
The emergence reading
The Witches of Eastwick keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, gender, power.
zero-distanceUSprejudicegenderpower
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E8magichumans can cast spells that directly change physical reality (cognition · personal)
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)E8/E9 · gender, power
Jennifer's Body (2009)E8/E9 · gender, power
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)E8/E9 · gender, power
City of Women (1980)E8/E9 · gender, power
Barbie: Spy Squad (2016)E9 · gender, power
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)E8/E9 · power, prejudiceSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Also bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Planet of the Apes (2001)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
The Stepford Wives (2004)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Chaos Walking (2021)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
