hallucinatory
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Rather than recapitulate historical chronicles, Mr. Enrigue imagines the event from the Aztec point of view, creating an account that is gory, hallucinatory and thrilling in its strangeness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
The scene turns surreal with camera distortion and zoom shots to convey his hallucinatory point of view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
"These sort of almost hallucinatory plans are creating an opening for disaster capitalism that is worrying," argues Raja Khalidi, director general of the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute, an independent think tank.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
The guest star roster expands this season, looping in Gwendoline Christie, John Noble, Merritt Wever and Alia Shawkat, among others, blending them into the show’s hallucinatory starkness without drawing us out of the story.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025
Pitezel’s almost hallucinatory description must have tantalized Holmes, for he wrote to Cigrand and offered her a job as his personal secretary, at twice the salary she was making in Keeley.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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