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“Bloodline” reminds me of the breed of darkly comic postwar novels by Robert Coover, William H. Gass, Harry Crews and others, in which regional manias stand in for a broader national lunacy.

The exultation of Falla’s “Fire Dance” from “The Three-Cornered Hat” was tempered by a propulsive but darkly tinged last movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.

This darkly comic tale of a family preparing for the end of the world is one of Gothic excess.

That loss becomes the driving force of the doc, with Maron’s grief informing his daily life and thought process, while also providing cathartic, darkly humorous fodder for his stand-up gigs.

And in the chain of events her departure causes, Anderson dives headfirst into the film’s more intimate elements, presenting a soulful and darkly humorous counterpart to the film’s cold, violent first act.