Aaron's Thoughts
Sometimes instead of trying to add to the discourse of a great film, what needs to be said or written already has. I want to be better about highlighting that when that’s the case. After seeing the film the first time, I absolutely loved the excerpt below from Joe Hoeffner at Collider. After rewatching it, it rings even more true & is a perfect summation of what makes the film great:
“You can try and establish order in your life. You can build a little town in a vast, arid desert; you can take pictures of things to make them less real; you can stick to your lesson plan about the Solar System after experiencing an alien encounter; you can even become a world- famous director renowned for your microscopic attention to detail. But you will always be faced with questions you can't answer and truths you can't swallow; you will always show a mechanic something he's never seen before; you will never find an easy solution to grief or trauma; you will never be 100% certain you're where you ought to be. But you can't wake up, or experience something like serenity if you don't fall asleep - if you don't accept what you can't control and make peace with the unknown.”
