Put simply, the movie is about forgiveness. Haven't you ever done something out of ignorance or fear or haste? Haven't you ever been friends with shallow people out of lack of will or respect for yourself? Haven't you ever know someone or yourself to have experienced a loss so great that the definition of yourself must change? These topics are hard to tackle but the film mashes these issues up into an amalgamation of experiences that the viewer must bring from their own experiences to understand and appreciate. If you are paying attention, almost every scene is connected threw juxtaposition of editing and smash cuts of symbolism's hard at work; building things, finished projects and ideas at play. Dreams that could be and nervous realities that are waiting for us to jump onboard with. Aka This guy knows how to edit. If you are an introspective person, this is the type of film that most of us dreamers need/enjoy/love/want, because it allows us the space to realize what we are thinking. Not every frame is saturated with pedantic dialogue. It allows the viewer to come to the realization of what's happening without physically telling you. And in the truest sense of an experience, you are living these emotions in real time as you come to these conclusions. Film is the emotional space that allows you to understand things that you normally otherwise wouldn't and this films allows you to do that.
Every frame is cut to perfection. Juxtaposition, despite how often film students love to dilute this word, is used with precision and intent. Nothing about these cuts and edits are lazy or haphazard, or accidental. If you're not seeing it, you may not be in the right mind frame. A.k.a. You're not thinking deeply enough about the images he's showing you. Much like Histoire(s) du cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard 1998, you have to actively participate with what you're seeing and if you are, then the connections to the characters' motivations and emotions will be self evident. This film is a dance, it takes two. You will not be spoon fed. And that's not an artistic ploy of laziness on the part of the director to make 'average film goers' feel stupid; there really is a deeper level to this film that leaves very little to be enjoyed in the shallows. The deeper level is the first level. If you aren't meeting the film there, then you need to dig deeper in yourself, as a participant of the film, in order to be able to participate. Because once you do, this film is a pure roller-coaster ride in the exploration of the best we could be as humans!
Every frame is cut to perfection. Juxtaposition, despite how often film students love to dilute this word, is used with precision and intent. Nothing about these cuts and edits are lazy or haphazard, or accidental. If you're not seeing it, you may not be in the right mind frame. A.k.a. You're not thinking deeply enough about the images he's showing you. Much like Histoire(s) du cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard 1998, you have to actively participate with what you're seeing and if you are, then the connections to the characters' motivations and emotions will be self evident. This film is a dance, it takes two. You will not be spoon fed. And that's not an artistic ploy of laziness on the part of the director to make 'average film goers' feel stupid; there really is a deeper level to this film that leaves very little to be enjoyed in the shallows. The deeper level is the first level. If you aren't meeting the film there, then you need to dig deeper in yourself, as a participant of the film, in order to be able to participate. Because once you do, this film is a pure roller-coaster ride in the exploration of the best we could be as humans!