We discuss:

The wonderment Marcel inspires

The voices of Jenny Slade and Isabella Rossellini

The genesis of the movie

The treatment of everyday objects as precious, sometimes repurposed

The impact of multi-media storytelling

The significance of seeing the world on a different scale

Sources of inspiration, such as Sarah Penwarden’s creation of found poetry (in relation to Marcel’s world of found objects): see “Reliving a Poetry Symposium through Found Poetry”

Disconnection as well as connection through social media

Deciding what to hold on to

Finding one’s place in a big world

The importance of showing conflicts unresolved

Breaking from Hollywood norms of conflict-based and investigation-based narrative construction

Thinking beyond the limits of the body

The idea of dust as skin, and its being all around us as a symbol of mortality

The opposite of fear-mongering

Cherishing everyday and re-appreciating everyday details

The power in a way of seeing

Small details that matter hugely

Buddhist implications of the film’s processes

Philip Larkin’s poem titled “The Trees,” as featured in the film

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