'Cosmopolis': a film analysis
'These horribly artificial speech patterns, these pseudo-profundities on the meanings of random words, are what? Self-indulgent? Meandering? Pointless? What is all of the above?' Cosmopolis is, in my opinion, one of those hidden gems I am lucky to be acquainted with. For an introduction to the film, however, I refer to the Wikipedia article . In the next part, I want to present some thoughts on Cosmopolis . Several contrasts can be observed in the film. Rich - poor Order - chaos No affection - affection Reality - illusion or existence - non-existence "Rich" and "poor" are evident aspects. For example, the main character Eric Packer (what's in a name?) is a multi-billionaire who drives in a state-of-the-art limousine, white on the outside, dark on the inside. When Packer meets Richard Sheets in the final part of the film, the environment shows poverty. Packer has a career, Sheets does not, and it can be conjectured pretty much t...