Watched: Me and You and Everyone We Know

Thoughtful. Twee. Perhaps surprising, at moments. I enjoyed this, despite the extreme case of Manic Pixie Dream Girl on display. I thought it had some genuine moments of understanding for what it is to be human, flawed, and lonely. I also thought the cinematography (it was filmed with a high def digital cam) was really lovely. Although some parts of the film come across as sort of sinister or creepy, an attribute I think is helped by the eerie musical cues and the similarity of some camera tricks to those used in Lynch's behemoth, Inland Empire. IE actually came out a year after MaYaEWK and I wonder if he was at all influenced by Miranda July's use of a digital camera, or conversely if she was inspired by his often strange or seemingly non-sequitur storytelling. Undoubtedly this film is, at its heart, much more lighthearted and optimistic than IE and also does not delve into the surreal or play with reality quite like IE does, but I guess I can't help comparing them anyway because of their shared medium, their parallel themes, and their equally unsettling and compelling nature.