I just watched You, the Living which is a "tragicomedy" based on Goethe's poetry. From the description on Netflix I thought it was going to be one of those movies about different people's lives and then in the end they all fit together somehow. This movie was about different people's lives and stories, however, it was about a bunch of different people, so many that you cannot keep track, so that the viewer does not become emotionally or mentally attached to any of them. The different scenes range from a minute or two to about ten minutes. The minimalist Scandinavian decor is a common theme throughout the movie; the color scheme hardly strays from grey, white, and beige yet the lack of color is oddly distracting at times. The egotistic nature of humans is highlighted in many of the scenes; there may be a room full of people, each interacting in a different way, each with their own problems yet we still think about ourselves, our problems are always the worst. It is definitely not a movie for everyone as it requires the viewer to step out of their comfort zone; to stop looking for a plot or connection between the different snapshots. It requires the viewer to take a hard look at life and death and the complexities of each individual's life. The beauty of this movie is that in the slew of seemingly random images, each viewer will relate to a different character or story in a different way. What one takes away from this movie is purely their own.
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