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arikrupnik / the-heir

He's running from responsibility. She's saving the world. They have thirty days to deal with what their families left in store for them
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Skeletons in the suitcase #14

Closed arikrupnik closed 6 years ago

arikrupnik commented 6 years ago

What are the issues stuffed deepest into the storage unit? In a way, it's less important what they are--what's important is how Tom (and Tom's family) relates to them.

Some ideas about embarrassing relatives:

I want to stay away from political stuff--and also from period-specific stuff. It both dates the film and narrows the universality of its appeal.

arikrupnik commented 6 years ago

It may be less important what the skeletons are, and more important how Tom deals with them. We aren't looking for the big reveal so much as for Tom's growth in dealing with his stuff. Now that the resolution is about Tom's extended family, the artifacts themselves are less important than people.