hear me out.. benji’s comment about expecting david’s feet to be old and knuckled and gross is pure symbolism about benjis expectations about david’s life and david’s feelings about his own. benji sees david as a grown up who no longer has fun, no longer takes risks, no longer has deep feelings and emotion; expecting david’s feet to reflect that metaphorically. and david keeps looking at his feet throughout the movie wondering if he has become this grown up who…
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Ordinary People 1980
“You’re here, and you’re alive. And don’t tell me you don’t feel that.”
there’s a lot to say about this movie due to various major themes in it. survivors guilt is a crazy thing and this movie did a beautiful job at showing how it can change a person - being scared to feel, never forgiving yourself, having people around you scared you’re gonna break at any point, etc. tied into this was a lack of understanding for Conrad, mainly…
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