![]() ![]() The shadowy presence is likely her imagination projecting repressed turbulent emotions that can only be conveyed when we dream or tell stories.Ĭharlie reminds us how natural it is to repress memories and deny what we know. Is the voice from the vent that of her neighbour, or is it her own subconscious voice? Are there two versions of ourselves, the internal and external? The movement between scenes on the beach and inside the apartment suggests Bennett and Brooks are attentive to duality. ![]() The way in which Brooks and his co-editor Ward Crockett cut through time in the opening scenes is jarring, disrupting a traditional flow and rhythm, but it effectively conveys the disjointed logic of dreams.Īlone With You becomes a cacophony of possible meanings, lending itself to interpretation. The expectation that Bennett and Brooks might be pursuing this cliché stirs a feeling of frustration – it’s unsatisfying to put a mystery under the umbrella of a dream instead of finding a creative way to make sense of the chaos.Īn expressionist vision borne from anguish, Alone with You should be a dream or nightmare to honour the emotional nature of expressionist intent. Hence, we revert to the conclusion that the only way this story can be explained is that it’s a dream. We want to believe there’s a simple explanation beneath the puzzling incidents. Transitioning to the warm tones of Charlie on the waterfront, before returning to the apartment to welcome Simone home, continues these unpredictable tonal shifts.įrom the opening scenes a possible emotional break in logic is introduced, but throughout we continue to seek the rational explanation amidst the chaos. We see Charlie scream in a way that recalls the panic-stricken terror of Donald Sutherland in The Invasion of the Bodysnatchers ( Kaufman, 1978). ![]() The opening image of the tide on the beach complements the affection between the two lovers, but this takes an unsettling turn when it looks like Simone has committed an act of betrayal. The beginning of Alone with You effectively mixes tones to keep the audience off-balance. Conversations with her friend Thea (Dora Madison) and mother ( Barbara Crampton), begin to reveal that Charlie may be in denial about her and Simone’s troubled relationship. The lights flicker, strange shadows lurk in her peripheral vision and she hears someone moving around the apartment. She hears the cries and pleas of an anxious neighbour through the vent. The apartment door jams, trapping her inside, and tarps hang down over the windows. Her preparations for a romantic welcome home are interrupted by a series of unsettling incidents. Alone with You (2021) is an intimately claustrophobic story with an energetic visual aesthetic that exposes its protagonist’s emotional vulnerability.Ĭharlie (Emily Bennett) is eagerly awaiting the return of her girlfriend Simone (Emma Myles), who has been out-of-town on a photoshoot. He instead explored the interpersonal relationships between a group of survivors stranded in the Atlantic ocean after their liner was sunk by a German submarine.Ĭo-directors and writers Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks take the alternative approach, isolating their character in her two-story Brooklyn apartment. This opportunity can be dismissed, as we saw in Alfred Hitchcock’s early masterpiece Lifeboat (1944), when he rejected the introverted nature of the one location story. In everyday life as in cinema, the social aspect of human nature is dominant. I don’t know about you, but I’d prefer to live at peace with who I am, rather than be addicted to needing attention to feel a sense of self worth.Films predominantly set in a single location have the opportunity to offer a rare intimacy. The same people who can’t sit alone for 1 minute without being “bored”, without picking up their phone and doing something to get a dopamine hit of attention – sending a message, posting something on social media, checking their inbox or how many likes they have. The people who say this are almost always the same people who can not sit alone by themselves for even 1 minute without feeling lonely… because they can’t stand their own company. They might say you NEED friends to be complete… you NEED to get out more… you NEED to be more social… If you love who you are… If you are at peace with who you are… If you know you aren’t in this world to live up to others expectations and society’s judgements… Then you don’t need others to fill a void, because there is no void to fill. “You can not be lonely if you like the person you are alone with” Speaker: Freddy Fri Transcript – You Cannot Be Lonely If You Like The Person You Are Alone With (Inspirational Speech) You Cannot Be Lonely If You Like The Person You Are Alone With (Inspirational Speech) Watch FREE On Youtube: You Cannot Be Lonely If You Like The Person You Are Alone With(Inspirational Speech)ĭownload or Stream Now on iTunes, Spotify, GooglePlay, Apple Music, Worldwide MP3 and AmazonMP3 ![]()
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