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Have you heard of the term “funemployment”? Having fun while unemployed, something you may hear twenty-somethings talk about? Rebecca Danigelis had quite the “funemployment” at age 75! After losing her job as a hotel housekeeper in Boston, her filmmaker son Sian– Pierre convinced her to embark on a bucket list adventure of a lifetime, and they documented the whole thing.
The Martha s Vineyard Times
One film about endlessness, and another about growing old
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Playing online at the M.V. Film Center are two films, “About Endlessness” and “Duty Free.” (The latter is also playing live at the Film Center.) “About Endlessness” is by Swedish director Roy Andersson. Don’t expect a conventional narrative from this remarkable film.
“About Endlessness” consists of a series of vignettes, often divided by blackouts. Some are connected, some are not. The film begins with a stunning and lovely scene of a couple embracing while they float above a misty river. From there it shifts to another couple sitting on a wooden bench overlooking a demolished city. The woman says, “It’s September already.” As is the case here, the people in “About Endlessness” appear routinely ordinary. A woman’s voice often introduces what the viewer then sees.