The Exposition of an Existential Crises
When I was 38, I went to watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I can't tell you how much it upset me. I cried bitterly towards the end of the movie and carried on crying for at least 2 weeks afterwards. It put me in a weird space. I became depressed, but not really, more like a severe melancholy. (I am generally melancholic anyway) At the time, I wasn't sure why the movie affected me so profoundly and I...