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Who is he speaking to?

posted 12 years ago by anmi1988
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In the interviews he does in the movie, those cuts spread throughout the movie, he is talking to someone? Why? to whom?

[–] Efenstor 12 years ago

To no one. He asked to split and close the door in the very beginning of the movie, so to be in an empty room. It's the kind of self-interview, self-confession.

[–] Krustallos 12 years ago

The film starts with interviews with a number of what I took to be real teachers talking about their feelings and experiences in the education system. My take was that the Adrien Brody interview was 'supposed' to be one of those. An attempt to ground the film in reality, in other words.

I used to want to change the world. Now I just want to leave the room with a little dignity.

[–] filmfancy 11 years ago

Yes, that definitely makes sense. I was confused throughout the film whenever it cut to those scenes of Brody talking to the camera.

"And all the pieces matter" (The Wire)

[–] IncognitoElf 11 years ago

I don't know, but I found these sequences insufferable. I watched the movie on Netflix and switched to a different window every time one of these scenes started.

[–] magnus-88 11 years ago

I understand it was supposed to be a sort of confessional but I couldn't stop thinking it was aliens he reported to who were trying to decide if to eradicate all human life on the planet...

[–] JayCeezy 11 years ago

Bingo. Finally! Someone who gets it. This movie means what you want it to mean, why can't everyone else see it too?

[–] robindemarlie87 10 years ago

Yes indeed! The movie is about trying to find the truth about life, about us, we and only we can find in ourselves who we are and what we should do, to be happy or to be a person, someone, you don't need to prove you're a person, just know you are and only you can realize that you need to be you to live. Empathy needs to be found, a lot of students think teachers are another level of people, they are people just like us (I'm 17) we can learn things from them, but the most important things, things about life we need to learn that WE only WE ourselves can learn those things

[–] JayCeezy 10 years ago

I'm still douchechilling about that kid who smashed the kitten (and the other kids who watched, fascinated but not doing anything to stop it). Total lack of empathy, as if they have nothing to do with this senseless cruelty accomplishing nothing and feeding their sociopathic tendencies. This is how serial-killers and school-shooters get started. And the kid's response to the question, "how do you feel right now?" Kid: "uh...like the cat?" These are people to stay away from in life!

[–] met76 8 years ago

I don't know, but I found these sequences insufferable. I watched the movie on Netflix and switched to a different window every time one of these scenes started.

Same, haha. Switched to another tab every time.

[–] dvanpat 11 years ago

In the movie, he said it himself. He said he talks to himself, he vocalizes things so he may obtain self-actualization. That way he realizes his problems, the problems of others, and what he can do to fix them.

[–] eleutherosxesitis 8 years ago

To his shrink