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Jin decides to declutter her house and turn the whole groundfloor (with the living quarters of other family members moved upstairs) into the minimalist, white space for her room and office. The result is shown at the beginning of the movie: the minimalism is okay, the white color (as the only color) isn't.
Jin is your opposite of hoarder: she wants to throw every single item she does not curretly use, away. Which is quite a liberating process, I have to admit. Though, you will really know for sure there is zero chance you could ever discover "things in the attic" that would unexpectedly become monetary valuable with time, forgotten fun, or weirdly useful. Jin is decided to leave the past behind, get more space for light and fresh air.
She even has a piano she wants to throw away (though she could just paint it white, then it would become invisible anyways). She is unstoppable, getting rid of things - often of sentimental, or "sentimental" value - mercillesly. She doesn't even donate or sell the things. She says: "If I throw it, it's gone TODAY." When her raiding the house stuff into black waste bags looks almost sociopatic, she halts herself and starts going through the things again. She can still make someone else happy with some of the stuff. Someone specific, with specific stuff. Gifting/returning specific item to the specific person then ironically revives the past she's decided to leave behind:) When facing again a certain person is too hard, she decides to mail the stuff.
Like the ex-boyfriend:) Who rejected the package:) She leaves the stuff on his doorstep. Ringing the bell first, though. He calls after her, so she like unwittingly turns her back, to face him. And he's Sunny Suwanmethanont!:) She then gives him items no longer of much benefit to him, and says some words of explanation for her past behavior, for which it could be said the same. I got the feeling that THIS was precisely the past she SHOULD mindlessly throw in the trash. First, he says nothing, which I thought a befitting response. But then he reacts in a way that only happens in movies:) How will she react when HE returns HER stuff? How will she feel watching him mirroring her actions?
Turns out, the old things - though being just worn, lifeless objects - can be quite emotional... Nevertheless, in this movie, though it has generous runtime, nothing much happens, and we're just left with Jin in the empty house, with empty heart and empty ending.
Jin is your opposite of hoarder: she wants to throw every single item she does not curretly use, away. Which is quite a liberating process, I have to admit. Though, you will really know for sure there is zero chance you could ever discover "things in the attic" that would unexpectedly become monetary valuable with time, forgotten fun, or weirdly useful. Jin is decided to leave the past behind, get more space for light and fresh air.
She even has a piano she wants to throw away (though she could just paint it white, then it would become invisible anyways). She is unstoppable, getting rid of things - often of sentimental, or "sentimental" value - mercillesly. She doesn't even donate or sell the things. She says: "If I throw it, it's gone TODAY." When her raiding the house stuff into black waste bags looks almost sociopatic, she halts herself and starts going through the things again. She can still make someone else happy with some of the stuff. Someone specific, with specific stuff. Gifting/returning specific item to the specific person then ironically revives the past she's decided to leave behind:) When facing again a certain person is too hard, she decides to mail the stuff.
Like the ex-boyfriend:) Who rejected the package:) She leaves the stuff on his doorstep. Ringing the bell first, though. He calls after her, so she like unwittingly turns her back, to face him. And he's Sunny Suwanmethanont!:) She then gives him items no longer of much benefit to him, and says some words of explanation for her past behavior, for which it could be said the same. I got the feeling that THIS was precisely the past she SHOULD mindlessly throw in the trash. First, he says nothing, which I thought a befitting response. But then he reacts in a way that only happens in movies:) How will she react when HE returns HER stuff? How will she feel watching him mirroring her actions?
Turns out, the old things - though being just worn, lifeless objects - can be quite emotional... Nevertheless, in this movie, though it has generous runtime, nothing much happens, and we're just left with Jin in the empty house, with empty heart and empty ending.
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