So many moments encapsulating a “try, try again” existential momentum offset by the sobering reality of “destined to failure.”
Few films tap into the hopeless of entering adulthood as viscerally as this. Life is an endless series of slaps in the face. Life is a never-starting motorbike. Life is relentless pushback from escape. Life is a prison without walls, the infinite emptiness of barren landscapes more imposing than a series of parallel bars. How apropos the fate of Bin Bin seems to coincide with a more proverbial life of imprisonment and hopelessness he had lived throughout its runtime. Forever left behind.
I felt a strong connection to An Elephant Sitting Still, another deeply moving film.
Sometimes I watch a film, and even this one where I took a rare break during runtime, emanates an indescribable level of empathy. An experience totally felt. That’s not to say there isn’t an equally powerful intellect at play. Having a single American dollar bill play such a pivotal role bespeaks the globally economic landscape this nation now resides in: under the shadow of the dollar.
So many moments encapsulating a “try, try again” existential momentum offset by the sobering reality of “destined to failure.”
Few films tap into the hopeless of entering adulthood as viscerally as this. Life is an endless series of slaps in the face. Life is a never-starting motorbike. Life is relentless pushback from escape. Life is a prison without walls, the infinite emptiness of barren landscapes more imposing than a series of parallel bars. How apropos the fate of Bin Bin seems to coincide with a more proverbial life of imprisonment and hopelessness he had lived throughout its runtime. Forever left behind.
I felt a strong connection to An Elephant Sitting Still, another deeply moving film.
Sometimes I watch a film, and even this one where I took a rare break during runtime, emanates an indescribable level of empathy. An experience totally felt. That’s not to say there isn’t an equally powerful intellect at play. Having a single American dollar bill play such a pivotal role bespeaks the globally economic landscape this nation now resides in: under the shadow of the dollar.
