Without Dignity, Identity Is Erased.

I Look At The Film As An Opportunity To See Some Bountifully Creative Minds Do Something That I Could Not Do - Tell The Story With Images. I Can't Wait To See What They Do.

The Paradox Of Vengefulness Is That It Makes Men Dependent Upon Those Who Have Harmed Them, Believing That Their Release From Pain Will Come Only When They Make Their Tormentors Suffer. In Seeking The Bird's Death To Free Himself, Louie Had Chained Himself, Once Again, To His Tyrant. During The War, The Bird Had Been Unwilling To Let Go Of Louie; After The War, Louie Was Unable To Let Go Of The Bird.

I Think If I Had Been Writing Fiction, Where The Work Is Entirely Dependent On The Writer's Creativity And The Potential Directions The Narrative Might Take Are Infinite, I Might Have Frozen

Such Beauty, He Thought, Was Too Perfect To Have Come About By Mere Chance. That Day In The Center Of The Pacific Was, To Him, A Gift Crafted Deliberately, Compassionately, For Him And Phil. Joyful And Grateful In The Midst Of Slow Dying, The Two Men Bathed In That Day Until Sunset Brought Is, And Their Time In The Doldrums, To An End.

Though All Three Men Faced The Same Hardship, Their Differing Perceptions Of It Appeared To Be Shaping Their Fates. Louie And Phil's Hope Displaced Their Fear And Inspired Them To Work Toward Their Survival, And Each Success Renewed Their Physical And Emotional Vigor. Mac's Resignation Seemed To Paralyze Him And The Less He Participated In Their Efforts To Survive, The More He Slipped. Though He Did The Least, As The Days Passed, It Was He Who Faded The Most. Louie And Phil's Optimism, And Mac's Hopelessness, Were Becoming Self-fulfilling.