character determines destiny

Brionna 2022-03-20 09:01:22

The 1994 film, in black and white, chronicles a day in the life of Dante, a convenience store clerk.
A low-budget film that was a huge success.

About halfway through, I almost lost my patience and wanted to delete the film.
In fact, the film shows real life, but I think it's too boring.
It wasn't until the end that the conversation between Dante and Randal showed a deep meaning.
Dante had a bad day, he could have rested at home, but a chain of events made him explode.
Randal pointed out that it was his own problem, not having the courage to change, and blaming others.
This is probably the sadness of most little people. Dissatisfied with the status quo, but without the courage to change, the inability to imporve the station of life.
You blame life for dealing you a cruddy hand, never once accepting responsibility for the way your situation is.
This is a life of convenience for you and any attempt to change it would shatter the pathetic microcosm you've fashioned for yourself.

Dante's answer "I don't have the ability to risk the comfortable situations on the big money and fabulous prizes."

You like to think the weight of the world rests on your shoulder, like this place would fall apart if Dante wasn't here.
Us, we like to make ourselves seem so much more important than the people that come in to buy a paper or cigaretts.
We look down on them as if we're so advanced.

I guess it's two mindsets, but based on some kind of the same personality.
Arrogance, arrogance, inferiority, self-pity.
Character determines destiny.

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Extended Reading
  • Maiya 2022-03-23 09:01:26

    one hell of a day; $27,575; an ordinary but wonderful day for a convenience store camper. Kevin Smith seems to have squandered all of his comedic talent on this debut feature, with a dizzying array of humorous lines, and a particularly funny interlude of animation.

  • Jayda 2022-03-23 09:01:26

    I'm stuck in this pit, working for less than a slave wages. Working on my day off, the goddamn steel shutters are closed, I deal with every backward ass fuck on the planet. I smell like shoe polish. My ex-girlfriend is catatonic after fucking a dead guy.

Clerks quotes

  • Randal Graves: This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers.

  • Randal Graves: You know what the real problem here is?

    Dante Hicks: I was born.

    Randal Graves: You should shit or get off the pot.

    Dante Hicks: I should shit or get off the pot?

    Randal Graves: Yeah, you should shit or get off the pot.

    Dante Hicks: What are you talking about?

    Randal Graves: I'm talking about this thing you have, this inability to improve your situation in life.

    Dante Hicks: Fuck you.