Bo Burnham: Inside

This is such a beautiful and gut-wrenching time capsule I had a previous Letterboxd back then that I later deleted, and I remember writing the longest review ever, longer than some essays I’ve written. I watched it in the middle of the night in the middle of pandemic times, and I sobbed the entire time. When it ended I immediately replayed it.  I had just moved home over 600 miles with three days notice, I didn’t have a job, I didn’t have school, I’d just broken up with my college friends, I’d moved back in with my parents, I had nothing. I was developing the first real depression in my life. There was “here’s what’s next.” I lost my early 20s. We drove across state lines on my 21st birthday, just so we could have dinner in an actual restaurant. I can’t help but wonder how different my life would be if the pandemic never happened, and during such a pivotal moment in my life.  It hurts to watch this. It stirs so many emotions and there’s so much I relate to. It’s not without fault, but what I get from it makes it worth the investment.  I hope he’s doing well.