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Post by dianarmartinez on Jul 1, 2024 4:51:44 GMT
I found interesting that his coping mechanism is to watch other people's perspective. Is he trying to avoid his existential crisis? He felt disconnected from the world and struggles to find his meaning life. Does he have genuine connections if he struggles with internal conflict? He takes his secretaries out to watch movies him. Eventually, he tries to find himself within this coping mechanism and taking his date with him. Is he trying to find a bond with the movies and the secretaries allat once?
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Post by jarelyrebollar on Jul 1, 2024 14:18:02 GMT
I find it interesting how Binx uses movie-watching to cope with his existential crisis. By immersing himself in other people's stories, he might be trying to escape his feelings of disconnection and lack of meaning. His struggle to form genuine connections, highlighted by his habit of taking his secretaries to the movies, could reflect his attempts to bridge his inner turmoil with the external world. The movies provide a neutral space where he can explore emotions and connections more safely. This dual quest for meaning—through both the narratives he watches and his interactions with others—reveals his complex search for belonging and understanding.
Like, why does he use moviegoing to find bonds, both within and outside of movies?
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Post by Dr. Nemmers on Jul 1, 2024 15:30:40 GMT
I deleted my post on Going to the Movies since yours is along the same lines, Diana. Glad that great minds think alike  |
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Post by mjunious on Jul 2, 2024 14:49:18 GMT
Bolling's frequent moviegoing and "watching other people's perspectives" as Diana says, is what I find the most interesting about his story. There seems to be a negative in-itself-for-itself relationship going on, where he can only engage with the phenomenon (cinema) and struggles with the noumenon (real life). Because of this uroboricly incestuous cycle of him retreating back to the moveies, I see Binx as more tragic in that he can not rise to the existential challenge of individualizing himself with a deeper purpose.
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