She seems to be an introspective, solitary lady, which the soundtrack and soft focus shots suggest. Maybe she's in a long distance relationship, but is unhappy and unsure about it. I think most of the subway shots take place as she's walking to meet her date (e.g. her hand looks tense on the train), then at the end she comes out of the subway and on her way home makes a call (i.e. maybe to an on-again, off-again boyfriend). When her date asked her to rank order qualities in a significant other, which she thought was important, she paused and we don't hear her answer. That was a moment of her realizing something. What? Maybe her current relationship isn't so bad after all. I agree with others that the storytelling could've been better, but I think it's a very evocative little film that speaks to how isolating, and isolated, real life (IRL) can be.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Shorts on Love (4) IRL
She seems to be an introspective, solitary lady, which the soundtrack and soft focus shots suggest. Maybe she's in a long distance relationship, but is unhappy and unsure about it. I think most of the subway shots take place as she's walking to meet her date (e.g. her hand looks tense on the train), then at the end she comes out of the subway and on her way home makes a call (i.e. maybe to an on-again, off-again boyfriend). When her date asked her to rank order qualities in a significant other, which she thought was important, she paused and we don't hear her answer. That was a moment of her realizing something. What? Maybe her current relationship isn't so bad after all. I agree with others that the storytelling could've been better, but I think it's a very evocative little film that speaks to how isolating, and isolated, real life (IRL) can be.
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