A year of life lost.
More connected, yet more separated than ever.
However, sentiments like these become cliched because they contain fundamental truths.
That being the case, 2001sPulseis all the more hauntingly relatable.
Much like the living, the dead seek a reprieve from the trap of solitude.
I find the idea that one just has to live with this thing much more terrifying.
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You have no chances of running away or fighting it; youre stuck with it forever.
One has no choice but to coexist with an uncontrollable force that wont give up.
I tried to represent this passage from life to death in an enduring way.
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This further emphasizes the theme of isolation being a form of walking death.
The depression sinks in as everything turns to dust (both literally and metaphorically in this film).
All of these elements makePulsestrikingly relevant coming out of 2020 - the year of COVID necessitated isolation.
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