THE REDUNDANT ONES (July 29, 2008)

I am struggling with my feelings toward the jolly youth jammed in Motovun’s streets and squares for the vaunted film festival. The feelings ricochet from curiosity to loathing, from dismay to irritation, from sympathy to pity. But most often it is pity. And it is the deepest pity one reserves for those without any future. Without any hope. Without any rime or reason. The redundant ones.