Dear Murtaza:

Your name starts with an M, like Max in the movie. I watched clips of the movie from beginning to end. Mary, a young social outcast, Max, a much older social outcast, the narrator referring to them as two “unfortunate souls”- I don’t like this characterization, that of an “unfortunate soul”, suggesting a world of fortunate souls with two exceptions..

The friendship between Mary and Max ended when he was hospitalized (if I understand correctly), then resumed, then ended again when he got mad at her for her book, writing about him as a case study, then resumed again when she read his letter about forgiving her… then ended again because he died.

In his letter to her, he wrote: “The reason I forgive you is because you are not perfect. You are imperfect. And so am I. All humans are imperfect… 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”- this is beautiful. I hope that you will tell me what you like so much about the movie, and what parts of yourself do you see in Mary, what other parts do you see in Max?

anita

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