Had to mute ts fast!
Most compelling when it’s lovingly pointing at the flaws and creative potential of this particular kind of conversation. Kind of undermines itself with the overt theme of alienation. The push and pull of their identities trying and occasionally breaking through to synthesize something meaningful through face to face conversation is just as profound without using capital b Big themes to deploy it!
Not a single point made by anyone to anyone for three hours.
So good the way opera is used to frame the issues of communication and protagonist syndrome that all of these characters suffer from. Emily and Lisa’s confrontation felt like the climax of the film- we egg Lisa on to keep stirring up shit for herself and the people she bounces off of, hoping for an explosive argument or a meaningful way to frame her involvement in the accident.…