i'm thinking of ending things (2020) : a interpretation
i watched a movie last week that absolutely shattered me in a really good way. not only because it was eerie and beautiful and captured the desolating endlessness of the Midwest, but also because it was in its own way a snapshot of my life. a woman is on a roadtrip with her boyfriend to visit his parents for the first time. she's in her head--thinking it's time to break this off--and he wants in, half the time already knowing her thoughts. the drive takes forever, and the drifting snow makes it seem like they never move. static. they arrive, and before going inside the house, jake shows her around the farm. all the animals are dead. that's just how it is sometimes, jake says. "life can be brutal, on a farm." inside, the house seems empty. there's a door that shouldn't be opened, with scratches in the paint. there's a dog that is and isn't there. there's a picture of a child on the wall who she should know but doesn't. jake's parents a...
