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LOOK BOTH WAYS
- The film is an authentic personal and group portrait of how humans deal with personal tragedy, depression and loss
- Depicts the daily life we all lead, where tragedy and crisis are just around the corner
Characters: Nick - not yet in control with his medical diagnosis; hasn’t come to terms with his father’s death, therefore impossible to accept his own - describes his life with self-critical cynicism as a matter of “poverty, wars, natural disasters… then back to the mini bar - the use of flashbacks and photo montages give us an insight into Nick’s fragile state of mind - Quote: “I’ve been seeing death everywhere this weekend… I just look at people and I see …show more content…
Loss
Comfort
Love Expectations Selfishness Loneliness Fear Shock
Death and Illness: Andy - believes everyone who dies accidentally is actually committing suicide Nick - felt he wasn’t there for his father at the end – grief - regrets his past life; smoking and drinking - his career has been around themes of other’s deaths Meryl - suffering from grief – dad’s shock death - trying to make experience of death logical; understandable – “good he died when he did – may have committed a crime in the future” Train driver - pain; guilt; grief - must have resolution Julia - has to deal with Andy’s article about suicide - funeral arrangements – constantly aware of her loss
Relationships:
Nick and Meryl - awkward at the start - full on; everything moves fast - chance meeting; death at train tracks - share a connection with death – see it everywhere- don’t see it in each other - both lost their father – grief - choose life over death – photo montage at the end - take joy/sadness as part of
- The film is an authentic personal and group portrait of how humans deal with personal tragedy, depression and loss
- Depicts the daily life we all lead, where tragedy and crisis are just around the corner
Characters: Nick - not yet in control with his medical diagnosis; hasn’t come to terms with his father’s death, therefore impossible to accept his own - describes his life with self-critical cynicism as a matter of “poverty, wars, natural disasters… then back to the mini bar - the use of flashbacks and photo montages give us an insight into Nick’s fragile state of mind - Quote: “I’ve been seeing death everywhere this weekend… I just look at people and I see …show more content…
Loss
Comfort
Love Expectations Selfishness Loneliness Fear Shock
Death and Illness: Andy - believes everyone who dies accidentally is actually committing suicide Nick - felt he wasn’t there for his father at the end – grief - regrets his past life; smoking and drinking - his career has been around themes of other’s deaths Meryl - suffering from grief – dad’s shock death - trying to make experience of death logical; understandable – “good he died when he did – may have committed a crime in the future” Train driver - pain; guilt; grief - must have resolution Julia - has to deal with Andy’s article about suicide - funeral arrangements – constantly aware of her loss
Relationships:
Nick and Meryl - awkward at the start - full on; everything moves fast - chance meeting; death at train tracks - share a connection with death – see it everywhere- don’t see it in each other - both lost their father – grief - choose life over death – photo montage at the end - take joy/sadness as part of