y2k

The formalist theory is evident in the movie, with its abandoned and desolate setting, strange electric appliances, and an atmosphere of impending doom. The film creates a sense of echo of real life and portrays a world on the brink of ending. Even though it's the end of the world, no one is fine. The concept of impending doom is abstract and relatable to those who experience anxiety. The movie effectively combines the desolate with the teenage, and it's ironic that Y2K, once associated with the apocalypse, is now linked to fashion and pop music. Once again, if we consider formalist theory, this abandonment, this wasteland scenery, strange electric appliances that litter the liminal apartment spaces of the characters, the general atmosphere that something is going to end, whether that be the world or a relationship. A racquet is putting the audience into a space where it feels and looks like an echo of real life, like everyone has fled, a sequence where cars pile the streets as a woman runs through them bleeding from her head. It's the end of the world as we know it, but no one is fine. This abstract idea of impending doom, something anyone anxiety-ridden has felt without cause. It's easy to write dialogue that conveys this, it's easy to set up post-apocalyptic mise-en-scene to convey this, but a racquet combines the desolate with the teenage. Even now, irony lies in the concept that Y2K, a phrase once used to warn of the apocalypse, is now synonymous with fashion and pop music.