Asteroid City

“But you can’t wake up if you don’t fall asleep

So go live your dreams and live them real deep.

There is some countin’ money and there’s some countin’ sheep.

Oh, you can’t wake up if you don’t fall asleep –

If you don’t fall asleep.”

(Jarvis Cocker)

I watched ‘Asteroid City’ on the ten-hour flight to Frankfurt coming here, and I don’t think I was fully awake to fully grasp it, but I think it’s a movie about grief and purpose and the stories we let ourselves to find purpose in grief, or grief in purpose, etc.

“Asteroid City does not exist. It is an imaginary drama created expressly for the purposes of this broadcast. The characters are fictional, the text hypothetical, the events an apocryphal fabrication, but together they present an authentic account of the inner workings of a modern theatrical production.”

I laughed out loud and enjoyed every moment.

“You can’t make an entrance if you keep missing your cue.

You won’t pick a winner ’til you learn how to choose.

You never find a treasure unless you dig deep –

And you can’t wake up if you don’t fall asleep.”

(Jarvis Cocker)

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(MUSIC FADES)

(WIND WHISTLING)

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

(ROADRUNNER CHITTERS)

(BUS DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

(MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY)

(BUS ENGINE STARTS)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(LOW HUMMING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(CAMERA CLICKS)

(CLEARS THROAT)

(MUSIC ENDS)