MIDNIGHT MASS (2021) + Riley’s Dream
I have this, um… Dream. This recurring dream, I’ve had it since I was inside. I’m floating out in the middle of the bay. Middle of the water. Just gray water. Morning water. The sky lightening as the sun’s about to rise. And if I could just point the bow, find a wind or an oar, paddle with my goddamn hands if I had to, to a different shore. Start a new life. That dream always ends with the sunrise. Always. I never get further than that sunrise. That part I can see, clear as day. That part is… That part is real, but the rest, whatever life I’m supposed to have after? That I can’t see. And the more I have that dream, the more I just know that it’s not in the cards for me. I’m not getting off this island. I know it.