I hate Miranda July’s The
Future on just about every level. Each character’s actions are defined by a
woe is me/self righteous attitude that leaves the viewer only to care for a
narrating cat with an irritating and scratchy voice. In my opinion, the film is
as deep as a puddle but laughably tries so very hard to come off as thought
provoking and insightful. Metaphor by metaphor vagueness and ambiguity grows
within the film to the point that the viewer can salvage nothing. To be honest,
I really doubt Miranda July has explanations for the script and thought it would
stand for itself. Her characters and the world they live in are phony when
compared to the realities they are suppose to be portraying and examining. I
think it’s a good thing the cat died because living those two protagonists must
be more miserable than euthanasia.
RIP Kitty. Though I agree the movie was a little to metaphor filled for my liking... if you actually paid attention to the metaphors presented in the film, they are actually meaningful and can be applicable to real life situations.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that every aspect of the film's metaphors were actually applicable to "real life." The film is more in the strange genre of "quirky" movies which situate themselves in a world more stylish than reality: characters are all witty, behavior is accepted despite its surreal quality, the economic realities of living are largely ignored. It's kinda like a worse version of a Kafka story on film.
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