So basically this film is about the life of a bum. It tells the message and then does it again and again and over and over and over again, just in a different set of words each time. I got the message after the first time already... It could've worked as a 10 minute short, but as a 1h17min film even though it is by runtime a very short feature film, it still felt like an eternity for me to watch, it's beyond repetitive.
The concept itself is very interesting. In the whole film, the bum just lives an empty bum life and the narrator talks about him in 2nd person perspective. I believe it is made this way to make the viewer reflect at himself like watching himself in the mirror. I guess it forces you to think about your own life if you don't waste your own time and you could do better, but as I am very happy with my life, it does not appeal to me at all. I do believe that if a bum watched this film it may make him to rethink his life choices, but even that is debatable since I doubt if most bums could even understand such a film. I'm not sure, but I think that near the end the film also tries to imply that all the people are bums and everyone's life is just a waste of time, but I think the film thinks it's smarter than it really is. After all, near the end of the film, the narrator literally said "you have learned nothing" and that's exactly how I feel about this film. I do like what it tries to do, but it's overrepetitive to the point that I couldn't care anymore. I would've liked it a lot more if it was a character redemption story like what if he got self-aware of his bum life and tried to do some changes, but now it seems that this film is just a mirror trying to judge the viewer. Honestly, I like that idea a lot, but I believe it would've been 100x times better if it was a 10 minute short film then. I'm so mixed about this film.
The concept itself is very interesting. In the whole film, the bum just lives an empty bum life and the narrator talks about him in 2nd person perspective. I believe it is made this way to make the viewer reflect at himself like watching himself in the mirror. I guess it forces you to think about your own life if you don't waste your own time and you could do better, but as I am very happy with my life, it does not appeal to me at all. I do believe that if a bum watched this film it may make him to rethink his life choices, but even that is debatable since I doubt if most bums could even understand such a film. I'm not sure, but I think that near the end the film also tries to imply that all the people are bums and everyone's life is just a waste of time, but I think the film thinks it's smarter than it really is. After all, near the end of the film, the narrator literally said "you have learned nothing" and that's exactly how I feel about this film. I do like what it tries to do, but it's overrepetitive to the point that I couldn't care anymore. I would've liked it a lot more if it was a character redemption story like what if he got self-aware of his bum life and tried to do some changes, but now it seems that this film is just a mirror trying to judge the viewer. Honestly, I like that idea a lot, but I believe it would've been 100x times better if it was a 10 minute short film then. I'm so mixed about this film.