Synopsis
A simple guide on how to end relationships before they begin.
How To Remain Single
2015 Directed by John Wilson
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the matrix playing on a little tv in the basement of a porn theater is the ideal aesthetic
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John Wilson lives a few blocks from me and sometimes I feel like I can’t go outside without the threat of being filmed doing my silly little activities in my silly little outfits
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John Wilson had better not cross paths with me on the street otherwise he won’t be single any more.
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john wilson is the coolest uncool person ever.
GO WATCH HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON and watch all of his shorts too -
"you may actually even end up at a wedding...
but this is simply a world you will never understand.
and even when you're by yourself on those stormy nights, you can have peace knowing that you're going to be waking up alone. and you'll be able to live in this suspended reality until you merge with the infinite.
because, at the end of the day, if you don't know what you want in a relationship, then nobody else should either. and, like a superhero, nobody will ever truly know who you really are. because love is a dangerous, mysterious feeling.
and the perfect mate will always be yourself."
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I lived 2 blocks away from that porn theater and my friend who had lived there his whole life told me it was a porn theater but I didn't believe him because it looked totally vacant and abandoned but I guess he was right.
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I'm pretty certain this must be genius. All shot on an iphone, too. Fuck those fancy cameras; creativity's all you need, kids.
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“As we all know, New York City is home to some of the most beautiful, desperate and selfish people on the planet.”
Probably at least the third time I’ve said this while exploring John Wilson’s early shorts, but this one might be the closest to being a fully-formed episode of his series. It definitely feels like it is drawn from his actual experiences more than any other. Right down to him describing an encounter with an Amsterdam prostitute in convincing detail.
“New York will always be the perfect place to be alone.”
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I want to live in New York but I’m worried I’ll know no one there and I’ll feel isolated in a city filled with people. This captured that feeling