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The journey or the destination?

The Worst Person in World (Verdens verste menneske, Norweigian; 2021)
Director: Joachim Trier

Maybe it is the pressure to experience all the sensations in one lifetime. Perhaps one lifespan is not long enough to complete Man's laundry list of wants and needs. There is a desire to do the right thing at the first attempt and not lose out to fellow world inhabitants. Are we so hedonistic, only caring for ourselves and not batting an eyelid for others? We have become so self-centred that nobody else matters. It is just me, myself and I.

We look at life as a reward. We exist to experience, only to die and disappear into oblivion. There are neither before nor forever after stories after this birth. We get one chance, after which it is GAME OVER. 

Like headless chickens, we seem to be running around, collecting experiences. 

We cannot wait. We see the line on the other side is moving faster. We jump queue only to find that the last line moves much quicker. We get frustrated. Getting back to the previous line is not possible. The bird has flown. We grow increasingly disheartened as your present queue crawls slowly. So slowly that by the time our turn arrives, the window is shut right on our faces as tickets have sold out. We leave, no tickets, so much time wasted but nothing to do but twiddle thumbs.

It would probably be wiser to lead a life more straightforwardly with preset guidelines of dos and don'ts. To follow the weather-beaten road would likely ensure a designated destination. The path seldom trailed may provide an exciting journey with spills, thrills and near-miss escapades, but is the journey more important than the destination or otherwise? Do we really have a preset zenith to conquer in this lifetime or are we just passing through, doing what we can, whilst reaping the maximum out of it?

This 2021 film is Joachim Trier's 'Oslo Trilogy' final instalment. It narrates the story of a fickle-minded young lady who sails through life, forever trying to find a footing in life. Julie is an exemplary student who made it to medical school. Soon she realised that it was not her calling and switched to psychology. Then psychology is also not to her liking, and Julie takes up photography. Life drifts on whilst she goes into relationship after relationship with much despair. 

It is a tale about personal development, heartaches and perhaps an analysis of what the present generation expects from a union. 

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Location: Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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