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Rec'd on 🌘 7/29: A MOVIE YOU LIKE MORE BECAUSE IT’S SLOW?

The slower pace of this film makes you really *feel* just how empty, soulless, and joyless the world the characters occupy is. You really get the sense there’s nothing for them there, that they *belong* in the Pink Opaque, because despite there being challenges there, they are so much more alive there. And feeling how drawn out it all is sells the core message of the film - there is still time. It is never too late to go after the life you want.

@lady-sunrise

3d ago

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@smiling

it really was like, perfect build-up to the repeated psychic kicks in the teeth the last bits were for me. horrifying film :)

3d ago

@lady-sunrise

@SMILING God yeah the ending of the film *hurt* when I first watched it. It felt like Owen was so close to happiness, and it slipped away into a dreadfully dull 20 years. Especially since I could see myself in his overly apologetic nature, and apologizing for *being in pain* - ow ow ow it hurts just thinking about it

3d ago

@smiling

@LADY-SUNRISE the bit with owen on the porch with the new tv was genuinely the most scared, sick-to-my-stomach a film has ever made me feel. could've been me. bristling at the thought even now!!

3d ago

@lady-sunrise

@SMILING omg yes - literally getting a shiver up my spine thinking about that moment again

3d ago

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