Creative Work attributes
Interstate 60 (also known as Interstate 60: Episodes of The Road) is a multifaceted film filled with philosophy and metaphors. Asking the question, what is the meaning of the picture, the viewer will not find an unambiguous answer, because a whole lot of meanings can be found in this movie. The director of the film, Bob Gale, is best known for his series of films “Back to the Future”. Some of the beloved actors from the famous trilogy played in Interstate 60.
On his journey, the protagonist meets different people and witnesses different events, each of which gives food for thought. Looking at the film from different angles, you can find several subtexts at once, from superficial messages to crazy ideas. But, before proceeding to the analysis, one should recall the plot.
The main character, Neil Oliver, is the son of a lawyer who loves drawing. He has an apartment, a girlfriend, wealthy parents and a promising future at a law college. But Neal is not satisfied with such a life: he does not love the girl, the father dictates his “correct” opinion about his son’s career, and the hero himself cannot disobey him, and he’s not at all sure of what he really wants to do in life. And Neil is also incapable of making decisions on his own: he solves even elementary problems with the help of a computer program that generates only unambiguous answers “Yes” and “No”.
On his birthday, Neil meets the mysterious O.J. Grant (OJ = One Wish), a magician who makes dreams come true, and makes a wish – “to find the answer to your life.” Grant, on the other hand, deciding to fulfill the hero’s wish, sends Neal on a journey along Highway 60, which does not exist on any US map. with your girlfriend and take responsibility for your life yourself, throwing away all decision generators.
The peculiarity of “Trassa 60” is that each viewer can find his own meaning from many others. For example, throughout the film, the idea of inevitability is visible. All events on the highway are not accidental, everything is interconnected: “Any event is inevitable, otherwise it would not have happened.” And at the same time, a person must choose his own destiny on his own (Neil throws out a ball of answers).
And someone sees the meaning of the film in the fact that all desires tend to come true, but not always in a favorable way. You can recall Grant’s previous “clients”: a young couple who exploded after the wedding, dreaming of eternal happiness, or a glutton who as a result suffers from his bottomless stomach.
Striving for freedom, the ability to always keep one’s word and fulfill “contracts” and promises, self-realization, the ability to think with your own head, learn from others (after all, life is a school, as one friend of Neil says) and notice the delusions of your mind – the film is very multifaceted. But it may seem to someone that “Route 60” is just a satire on modern human vices, and he, too, will be right.
