There will always be amazing films that I’m never gonna see, this was great. I love it’s balance, it doesn’t just shit on technology for the sake of it or position one character as a more mature person without the same feelings of longing due to their view on the better format or process. Perfectly demonstrates the fragility of the digital world though and continually makes you question it’s actual purpose and how you interact with it in your own life and to what end. 



I also love its feel - the stillness of the camera and length of the shots allows you to completely feel out the environment. I found myself focusing on the handwriting of 2008 on the hard-drive and how cemented that piece of writing would be in her life just because of how she wrote it that one time and attached it something she would always come back to.

My favourite thing though was how it shows and values memories. This film is often how life and moments feel in my own head, when I reflect on them but then the speed of day to day life and the constant movement of time make you doubt if that’s what it actually was. When you are in amongst the hustle and bustle of many people hurriedly going about their day with little time for reflection, the thought of assigning so much meaning to a moment or memory that you have often makes me feel silly and like I’m fabricating it. It’s almost like it makes you feel like no one has time to give that memory the value I’ve given it in my head and it’s simply a flashing moment that comes and goes like any other that I’ve held on to because I want to for myself. This film though validates me doing this - it’s a great reminder that those memories are important and true and that you shouldn’t disregard that feeling. 



On a side note, watching a slow, methodical film and having it get interrupted by a loud obnoxious advert at random intervals is the most jarring thing ever. But it’s kind of a good reflection of what I’m talking about above - you can block out this stuff that’s always trying to be larger and overly imposing and focus on how things feel to you - the moment or person or place is what they are to you and you don’t always need tangible proof of that for it to be true.