#Twilight zone tattoo movie#

Imaginative people give birth to entire universes daily. Because creating life is not relegated to just the birth of a literal, human child. It exists beyond a screen and enters our small talk, our patterns of behavior, our ideological tastes, even our sex lives. Characters and established worlds endure with us as an audience allowing us to expand their histories and environments through fan fiction, art, tattoos, music, conventions, and role-playing. A life that could potentially still go on when the DVD player was turned off and the television went black.įictional cinematic entertainment essentially has a life all its own even if it doesn’t meet the definition of the term “alive”. What would he do the next day after having had his first kiss, been to his first party, etc.? Linklater’s dedication to realism gave the character life. When the credits rolls, I had become so invested in the life of Mitch that I started to wonder what would happen to him as his fictional life went on.

#Twilight zone tattoo movie#

Since the entire movie takes place in one day, it is implied that Mitch will wake up the next day and his experiences will affect how he moves forward from that point forward. Not just because it was emotionally honest and hilariously funny but because at the end of the film the main protagonist Mitch (Wiley Wiggins) goes into his room at the end of one very long day, puts on some music, and prepares for sleep. Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused always had a major effect on me as a young film viewer.