About Endlessness: A nostalgic portrayal of human behaviours by Roy Andersson

Swedish director and writer, Roy Andersson, is known for his distinctive style of filming. He doesn't make those typical movies that have a protagonist and an interlinked story, his movies are like living paintings that tell us what it feels like to be a human being. The previous trilogy about being a human being is a must-see.

About Endlessness (2020)

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

It is a compilation of various moments of various people's lives, narrated by a woman. Few moments are joyful, few are painful, few are lifeless, and few are very lively. Here are some moments from the movie.

An aged couple, sitting in the park, staring at the view of the city.

A man, heading home with groceries in his hands, planning to surprise his wife with a nice dinner.

A priest who has lost his faith in God.

A couple, visiting the grave of their son who died in the war.

A woman, waiting for her husband at the railway station.

A man, crying on the bus.

A woman who loves champagne so much. 

A father, taking his little daughter to a birthday party on a rainy day.

A man, envying the achievements of his friend.

It isn't satiric but tragically artistic.

You will enjoy the art of single shots without any movement of the camera. The foggy weather makes you lose track of the time. It is visually fantastic, but it lacks depth verbally. In some scenes, it is difficult to tell whether it is sending a (metaphoric) message or not. However, I enjoyed many of its scenes.

The title "About Endlessness" states that human behaviours are countless, and you can't capture all of them in a few movies, perhaps that's why we are seeing another movie after his trilogy. 

It is not as impressive as his previous movies. Maybe I had high expectations from it. Although, the visuals are worth watching. I also highly recommend Roy Andersson's "Songs from the Second Floor" & "You, the Living".

The flying couple scene is inspired by Marc Chagall's Over The Town (1918)

"The First Law of Thermodynamics" scene (where a boy is telling a girl that everything is energy) reminded me of a scene from I Origins 2014 (my atoms have always known your atoms.)