Why this movie is important
Two days ago I've watched the film for the first time, and it's not going out of my mind since.
Not only the depressing message, but the beauty of it aswell.
After reading a lot about it, the message board included, people call it everything from masterpiece to garbage.
Saying it made them nihilist or wanting to kill themselves.
I guess that's the problem with seeing the truth not being ready for it. What Charlie Kaufman is showing in the movie is the most emotionally intense depiction of what philosophers and writers of the last century are writing extensively about.
Charlie Kaufman doesn't want us to become suicidal, he wants us to become who we truly are. To be happy and have fun, not by trying to fit into categories or pleasing other people, but by living together as human beings, loving each other and caring for one another.
The main message I've took from the film is that life is hard enough. Don't make it harder!
Everyone is struggling. Everyone is the protagnonis of his own life. Everyone has dreams, wishes, fears and love. Everyone is everyone. Don't disregard people because they're not you. Be more empathic to each other and acknowledge every human being as an individuum.
Everytime one has a bad day, he doesn't only hates himself but everyone around them. Disrespecting people because of the fear one has over his own life. But keep the message of the film in mind, and think twice about screaming at the waitress who brought you the wrong soup.
I don't think this movie is making me want to kill myself at all.
I think this movie is making want to become a better person, more than anything or anyone ever could.
And I feel my message confirmed by the last song playing in the credits.
I broke out crying to the deeply depressing movie and the incredibly beautiful song, singing about having fun in the void of meaninglessness, changing the WHOLE tone of the movie. This absurdity is what Albert Camus is referring to in his theory of the absurd.
Everything is pointless, but let's have some fun then.
What do you think about this interpretation?