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Not about friends who grew apart


Most reviews and a lot of commentary say this movie is about two old friends who meet up after a lengthy time apart and no longer have the same connection. I will agree things may appear this way, but I think it's more a case of each of the two projecting themselves. The non-bearded guy is basically a broken man, a wage slave who is mostly incapable of emotion. The bearded guy is in a sort of identity crisis where he is too old to be living the way he does. I doubt the two were ever actually good friends, probably more just open and happy people, so they reflected this in their surroundings and on each other.

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