Wasteman

bleak british prison drama movie had me taking a walk after leaving the cinemas. entire film had me in anticipatory anxiety !! in a good way i think. made me think a lot of about actual prison institutions and how we’re so far removed from it, stripped of everything but grasping for any small bit of retainable freedom. i suppose what im left with is how much prison sentencing does to rehabilitate and foster ‘positive behaviour’ to convicted people more so than just keep them in isolating bubbles of constant cycles of violence, addiction and complete loss of freedom. david jonsson’s acting was so so good as well! he’s a cutie patootie at heart so seeing him so sullen in the entire movie was sad to see. no less knowing his character had a child outside the prison (also i nearly yelled at the screen when he let his cellmate send the present to his son i #knewww what was coming at that point. tom blyth i fear needed some extra training for the mle accent but nonetheless still enjoyed his acting as well.  also the cutscenes of the snapchat/recorded videos were such a great addition! cut through the distant experience of watching a movie with snippets of reality, at least thats what it felt like to me.