captures the way myths are created

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2014)

OK so I just finished watching, and thought it was a profoundly beautiful movie that captures the way myths are created, and the truths they hide, and beautiful... so did the tiger exist? I think ultimately no, there was no tiger, no orangutans, no hyena, and no zebra, like he says there's the mundane story, the forms... of the sailor, the cook, his mother and himself... but that only tells the physical and emotional story... the spiritual story is told by the boy, the tiger, the orangutans, the hyena and the zebra.... one feels the profound love and loss as they are in the heart, and not just in the distant mediocrity of detached relationships... this elevates the film to great heights and depths... and I could not say I found it wanting in any way... How do you explain any love or loss? You can't just say it in words, you have to paint a picture... and that's what the boy and the tiger represented, an ability to be inspired and not destroyed by simple human pettiness.