By Ray Pride Pride@moviecitynews.com
Andrey Zvyagintsev
“‘I’ll change; I won’t repeat the mistakes that led me to this disillusionment; I will begin anew.’ These are the thoughts of people who blame others for their fiascos. In the end, the only thing you can really change is yourself. Only then will the world around you glow once more; perhaps only a terrible loss can allow this to happen. Our post-modern era is a post-industrial society inundated by a constant flow of information received by individuals with very little interest in other people, as anything else than a means to an end. These days, it’s every man for himself. The only way out of this indifference is to devote oneself to others, even perfect strangers – like the volunteer search coordinator who combs the town looking for the vanished child, with no promise of reward, as if it was his life’s true purpose. This basic task imbues his every action with meaning. It is the only means of fighting dehumanization and the world’s disarray.”
~ Andrey Zvyagintsev
