We end with another celebration of Hollywood alchemy: that strange and magical process whereby narcissism becomes altruism.
Once again, our spirit guide is Angelina Jolie, who draws attention to the "pretty heavy lessons" of her latest cinematic outing. It seems that the star was concerned about how her brood of variously sourced children would handle the content of the work. "I wondered how they'd respond to the themes of the film," she tells an interviewer. "I was nervous at first. I didn't know if they were going to react to some of the issues – very personal family issues [such as] adoption and inner peace – and was it too heavy?"
