The Banshees of Inisherin made me realize we are all inside the comedy
After watching The Banshees of Inisherin, I kept wondering which of the two was actually right.
At some point, a quote by Natsume Sōseki came to mind:
“Tragedy is greater than comedy.”
People only straighten their posture when faced with death.
Only then can they become truly serious.
Rejecting someone, cutting off your own fingers and throwing them at the other person, even the audience trying to analyze which side is right — all of it felt like nothing more than people performing a comedy.
What happens in this film is something completely ordinary for human beings.
The reason it feels insane is because we ourselves are living inside the comedy.
That’s why I thought it was such an incredible film.
In the end, the two men descend into attempted murder and both survive.
And I felt that, only then, for the first time, they were finally able to truly face each other.