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Paranoid Park

“𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘱𝘴, 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦.” Delicate. Tender. Free-spirited. A reckoning of coming of age, but also coming to terms with truth. Aren’t we always trying to let truth out? Let truth be free? How do you release it into the world when you too are developing? I always appreciate how much empathy Gus Van Sant has for his characters. Tracking shots from behind evoke so much. Shower scenes too. So much is said without even having to show face, without having to use dialogue, with very little. We have so little when we become. Half skate video, half murder mystery, it’s the set up for a good story, and plays out as such with such a keen eye on sensitivity and forming a strong bildungsroman.