How many movies and books do we watch in a year? How many people do you know? How many can you remember?
On the first day of February, there was a violent storm outside the house, and the wind speed reached 80 miles. I stood on the wooden platform of the backyard attic and watched the dark clouds passing by at a low altitude. The roar of the wind was all around my ears. Standing on the deck in general.
Go back to the room, click on the movie, the timing is just right, just right.
I love everything about this movie, the main characters, the supporting characters, the lines, the props, Wallce, Blake, Twilight, Nat in the red hat and Dean neurotic... The discussions in it, about literature, music, love, youth, aging, disappointment, Self-closing...
this is my favorite movie of 2013. none of them.
A passage from the protagonist:
“I sometimes feel like I'm looking down on myself. Like there's this older, wiser me watching over this 19-year-old rough draft, who's full of all this potential, but has to live more to catch up with that other self somehow. And, uh, I know I'll get there. It's just sometimes I think I want to rush the process, you know? And I don't know, maybe, um - maybe I thought you were some sort of shortcut. Does that make any sense?"
(paraphrasing) "Sometimes I feel as if I'm watching over myself. Like having an older, wiser self watching over that 19-year-old who has yet to be figured out and has a bright future. And I have to live better to catch up to my older, wiser self. I know I'll get to that point, but sometimes I just want to speed it up, you know? Maybe I thought you were One of my shortcuts, do you understand?"
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