Did Eva and Nell have an epiphany when they stopped waiting to be rescued?
Yes. We’re not going to be rescued. These are our lives. We’re going to have to shape them and make them ourselves. I think that’s one obstacle. It’s just that everything is so abstract and far removed from our own experience and that we expect a certain level of comfort and convenience that isn’t sustainable. I think that’s a huge obstacle, frankly. We’re living beyond our means. I thought that was crystallized in the scene where Nell begins to see all the beautiful flowers around her in the forest. She realizes that we don’t have to go into the store and buy flowers in plastic bags. They’re around us all the time. Was it their circumstances or something within them that led them to these discoveries? It’s always both, don’t you think? Any story is an interaction between a particular character or person and a particular situation. So if it had been two brothers or sisters with different interests or personalities or values, it would have been a different story. The turning point in th
