Andreia Isabela P. Dita
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Farsighted Purpose

“Interior Design” is a segment of a three-film movie directed by Michel Gondry. (Dagdagan pa about sa director). The story begins with the arrival of a young filmmaker, Akira and his girlfriend, Hiroko in Tokyo, Japan to find stable careers. Akemi, Hiroko's old friend, gave a hand and offered them her apartment until they have enough money to accommodate for their own. As Akira starts to become obsessed with his ambition to become a successful filmmaker, it's Hiroko who is having a hard time in knowing her purpose and goals in life. Until one morning she woke up with a very strange physical changes that made the story unusual and extraordinary.

The story shows an economic issue that gives me the idea of what it feels like to be a “small fish in a big pond”. When the young couple moved to Tokyo, they struggled in coping up with how people live there. Because they don't have enough money to accommodate their own apartment, Akira and Hiroko searched for a part-time job. But sadly, it was Akira who was hired at the wrapping store. This pushed Akira to do his best and earn money for them to put up their own apartment and for their future. He used his job as a stepping stone in reaching his dream of becoming successful filmmaker and also proved that he can also be one of those successful filmmakers in Tokyo.

Social issue was also tackled in the film. There was a part when Hiroko heard Akemi and her boyfriend talking about her. Akemi said that Hiroko is becoming a burden to Akira and that she has no ambition in her life. She realized that she is a listless girlfriend who doesn't know her purpose and ambition in life. A lady also told her, in one of the film showing of Akira, that having a boyfriend like him is hard because his whole time will be focused on his job. And because of this Hiroko starts to feel unneeded. But she realized that being a supportive girlfriend is enough to show hat she love Akira.

The most interesting part of the story is very freaky for me. This is the sudden transformation of Hiroko from a human being to a wooden chair. At first, I found it weird and I didn't know how the story goes like that, but after contemplating, I realized that her metamorphosis shows the main point of the story. This metamorphosis helped Hiroko in finding her purpose in life. From having no desire and no ambition, she turns into a wooden chair every time she is needed by other people and then go back to a human being when not. She was very happy and found herself useful whenever she transforms into a wooden chair. Michel Gondry is so brilliant in making the story especially the ending that shows the theme of purpose.

This story made me realize that having an ambition in life is very important because this will bring us to our desired taste of life. Also, I realized that it is not bad to aim high as long as you are doing your best to achieve what you want. We all know that life is not a win-win scenario. So in order for us to reach the top, we must be very determined and we should love what we are doing. When you have an ambition, it doesn't mean that you'll immediately have it. Of course, we should strive and work hard in order to achieve it, as the saying “No pain, no gain” goes. The story also told us that we should not forget our loved ones when we become successful because they are the ones who supported and helped us as we go with our dreams.

Honestly, I have never got the chance to watch a film quite like “Interior Design”. I am always with the main stream and I am not a big fan of those fictional stories. But after I watched this film, I had an interest with this kind of story. I am so amazed of Michel Gondry for having a brilliant idea in doing such movies like this. The movie goes beyond what is usual for using a good symbolism, the transformation of Hiroko to wooden chair. s