The non-linearity of friendships/love/life
Thoughts on Frances Ha – A Decade Later | The Muse Letter No. 159
This essay was originally published on off-chance.com, honestly one of my favourite corners of the internet right now.
Re-watching Frances Ha – A Decade Later
A decade ago I lived in Berlin and didn’t know anyone. I had moved there in April and by June I still had not found someone I wanted to sit next to when watching a movie that I could sense would be important to me. Or at least that’s what I told myself. Sitting in the cool evening air, all wrapped up in a blanket, my feet resting on the grass, I watched the audience, groups of friends, mostly women in their early and mid-twenties, giggling and shuffling around. Can you hold this please? I’m gonna get some popcorn for us. And. Can you get me another blanket, thanks babe. Open-air cinemas have this distinct quality of a summer well spent. Something between a picnic and a spectacle, much like watching fireworks: it feels strange when you’re doing it alone.
Moving to Berlin …