Friendship between Mary and Max
This is a video editing project which requires to remix materials. Most of the materials used are existing resources. The
message for this project is from a part of transcript of the film Mary
and Max. The concept of this video is made by the text in blue.
Dear Mary,
Please find enclosed my
entire Noblet collection as a sign that I forgive you.
When I received your book, the emotions inside my
brain felt like they were in a tumble dryer, smashing into each other. The hurt
felt like when I accidentally stapled my lips together.
The reason I forgive you is because you are not perfect. You are
imperfect, and so am I. All humans are imperfect, even the man outside my
apartment who litters. When I was young, I wanted to be anybody but myself.
Dr Bernard Hazelhof said if I was on a desert
island then I would have to get used to my own company — just me and the
coconuts. He said I would have to accept myself, my warts and all, and that we
don't get to choose our warts. They are a part of us and we have to live with
them. We can, however, choose our friends and I am glad I have chosen you.
Dr Bernard Hazelhof also said that everyone's lives are like a very
long sidewalk. Some are well paved. Others, like mine, have cracks, banana
skins and cigarette butts.
Your sidewalk is
like mine but probably not as many cracks. Hopefully, one day our sidewalks
will meet and we can share a can of condensed milk.
You are my best friend.
You are my only friend.
Your American penpal,
Max Jerry Horowitz.