It’s in our blood: Thoughts on watching 50/50, and being by a friend s side through cancer Cancer, by nature, lacks the fullness of a film. It is in fact the intermission of other films of family dramas, workspace comedies, psychological thrillers.and silent bromances. Rahul Desai January 22, 2021 09:55:02 IST Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a still from 50/50
The Viewfinder is a fortnightly column by writer and critic Rahul Desai, that looks at films through a personal lens.
One morning last November, the pandemic became the least of my fears. One of my oldest friends informed me that he had been diagnosed with leukemia. I’m resisting reductive labels like ‘best friend’ and ‘closest friend’ here. For raging introverts like me, every friend is a best friend and closest friend at different points in time. This includes dogs and imag