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Films

The Passenger

Ismar Badzic thinks about multiple identities.

“I used to be somebody else… but I traded myself in.”
David Locke, The Passenger

Have you ever just wanted to be somebody else? Maybe there’s no particular somebody you want to be – maybe it’s just that you’re sick of who you are, of that name tag you always have to wear. The somebody could be any other body, as long as it isn’t wearing your dirty uniform.

We’ve all been there to some extent. Whether it’s just minor escapist thoughts induced by lusting over the life of the hero of your favourite book, or simply one of those days when you look at a mirror and think ‘Dear Lord!’ No matter how many different shirts or hairstyles you put on; no matter how many massages or blends of green teas you try; no matter how many different colour pants you buy in a faux act of spontaneity, just to try and get out of the boring rut you’re in, you’re still you, and the changes are superficial and temporary.

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