The thing that stood out to me very most was the way this film was shot. It is a testament to the filmmaker’s talent and creativity that something like this could be produced using a camera made for children. The black and white coloring combined with the poor quality of the recording, produces a really eerie and grotesque visual to the film. This feeling is emphasized by closeups of clenched teeth, an autopsy, and other offputting imagery that is also mixed with the ordinary such as a Starbucks cup. It is like something you would see in a horror movie which appropriately reflects the painful and mentally grueling recovery of the filmmaker after his accident. I also noted that the music is in the tune of B minor which is typically used to convey a sorrowful sound which again, is very appropriate for the circumstance of the film.

O’Reilly’s narration felt very distant, as he stated, he sounded like a robot and not himself. When he talked about his head looking like a baseball stitched up, his braces biting into his gums whenever he tried to talk, having the smell of decaying food trapped behind his rotting teeth, and being barely able to pay for his medical needs, I could really imagine the hellish state of existence this man was in. It really struck me in particular when he talked about the thing he missed most being something so ordinary as brushing his teeth. I am someone who is very particular about taking care of my body and if I was reduced to his state of having a broken jaw and a hole in my head, then I would have wanted to die. Y et he was able to draw upon this experience to create something so artistic and powerful. He must be a man of unbreakable mental fortitude.