To watch Robert, having relapsed and singing in the church choir while nursing a hangover, or to watch Harper try to keep her cool while possibly still high in front of a client, is to witness these young, cosmopolitan professionals losing composure for peopleproducts of what they’ve done with their lives but actual prerequisites for themcool, his words feel both damning and obvious in equal measure: “You only give a fuck about yourself,” he spews. “You’re a fucking narcissist.
I try to imagine what it would be like to say things like “Feels good to be back in the continent” and fail every time. Yet Yas makes it look so easy. So effortless.I wanted to single out the use of closed captions/subtitles during the Berlin nightclub sequence. It seems like such a small detail but it helped further disorient us andit was a welcome wayI wonder if we’ll ever meet Harper’s mother.
actually helps color Harper’s zeal for success. And I’d love to see that dynamic play out for us now that Harper’s circumstances are so different than they were when she first left the U.S. to pursue bigger, better things