lonely, lonely

Shannon 2022-04-20 09:01:52

A lorry is parked on the rails at the property. I didn't realize it was a malfunction when I first watched the movie, and only realized it was to echo the train malfunction at the end when I watched it a second time.
The scene is dominated by icy blues and inky blacks. The camera shows a distant view of the train, which appears dead and frosty. The beginning was completely unaware of the significance of this for the film's tragic narrative climax.


The film raises topics including existence, nothingness, death, alienation, loneliness, boredom, fear, youth, sexuality, flesh, love, emotion, family, cognition, empathy, empathy, shame, space, time, and more.

There are several ways to approach the philosophy of love: bonding mode, caring mode, and dialogue mode.
In the combined mode, love is the undivided attention and ardent gaze upon a single individual, committing almost every aspect of a self to the process.
Mutual recognition of love is also a prerequisite for freedom.
The protagonist looks for it all in the wrong direction:
McKee's characters in the Molecule
film lack dialogue-like love and a relationship of mutual recognition.

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The Ice Storm quotes

  • Wendy Hood: [On the phone] No, come on. He's like a big infected white head. I would never...

    [hears door being shut]

    Wendy Hood: Shit, it's my parents.

    [turns off light and hides under the bed still on the phone]

    Wendy Hood: He's so gross.

  • Wendy Hood: Dad, stop it!

    Ben Hood: Get to sleep, young lady. I mean it.

    Wendy Hood: [opens bedroom door] Fascist.

    Ben Hood: If I were a fascist, I would have sent you to one of those southern military academies a long time ago. Now, get to bed.