Sometimes directors are mean.
It wasn’t the character Tim Levitch which made The Cruise have a pensive aftertaste but the way that Director Bennett Miller manipulates his fragile psyche. The fine line that seperates insanity from genius is blurred for Tim Levitch, a lovably pathetic NYC romantic. At first it seemed that Director Bennet Miller wanted to bring understanding to Tim Levitch’s personal outlook on himself, despite ongoing criticism and alienation for his eccentric behavior. The way Tim Levitchi was first documented was focused on giving an understanding to his obsession with NYC. To himself, Tim Levitch is not a poor loser, living alone in NYC but a man following his passion, helping enlighten tourist one Cruise loop at a time. I do not believe that Tim Levitch spoke with such eloquence in attempt to boast but that it is apart of his own self worth to be able to articulate his thoughts intellectually to a world that rarely seems to care. Instead of bringing light to why people should care for Tim Levitch’s character, about half way through the film, Bennett Miller further alienates Tim Levitch in the audiences eyes by revealing undesirable and/or unrelatable characteristics such as him being arrested for a unrevealed felony. Even the scene on the Brooklyn Bridge with Tim Levitch directly speaking to all the people that wronged him seemed to give his character a somber ambiguity. I felt extremely sad for his character and how Bennett Miller diminshed understanding of his perspective on NYC by focusing too closely on how different he is. Besides that I loved the character, the cinematography, and film overall but seriously sometimes directors are mean.
