Does Lifeforce register as a metaphor for the AIDS crisis with anyone else? That's the lens from which have always viewed this crazy movie. Vampirism has always been linked to sexuality, but in Lifeforce seduction and sexual transmission is such a primary focus of the film, and that coupled with the physical representation of being a vampire (emaciatiation, sickness, bereft of Lifeforce aka immunity) and the hysteria following the outbreak seems to reflect the eras paranoia re: the AIDS crisis.
Did this resonant with anyone else?
