Everything is Illuminated

Lista to Johnathan "You're a collector."

I really enjoyed watching the movie Everything is Illuminated. Though it involved some very serious topics, there was great care given in adding comical undertones through the use of Alex's hilarious grammatical errors and the general awkwardness of the situations the characters are put into. Also, I love all the symbolism displayed in this film.

In the very beginning, there is a scene of one of the main characters, Johnathan standing in front of a wall of his collection of miscellaneous items. As the story goes on it is revealed that each object represents a person in his family and a memory he shared with them. In essence,  his collection symbolizes a tangible representation of his memories, with each object having the their own unique symbolic significance.