Safety Not Guaranteed

Safety Not Guaranteed is a wonderful example of creating something totally different, and producing it from seemingly nothing. The film takes a real life article that states a man is looking for someone to time travel back in time with him and safety is not guaranteed. The characters in the film look to find this person to understand his motive behind writing what has to be a clever joke. When they find him they begin to see that he is very different than everyone else. We are stuck between is he telling the truth or is he crazy. After a turn of events the audience and the characters within the piece come under the discovery together that the FBI is actually after him and in fact he has time traveled before. It is a wonderful payoff after watching such a film.

The director creates motivation for the audience as we somewhat fall down this rabbit hole of concepts and happenings. I think it was very well acted by the actors chosen. Aubrey Plaza is a great person to follow throughout because much of what we think she thinks and asks the time traveler. The soundtrack adds wonderment and deepens the storyline itself. The song "Big Machine" sung by the time traveling character, played by Mark Duplass, is a point in the film where both the characters and the audience almost don't care if he is insane or not, we learn to cherish him. 

I believe this movie had all the capabilities to be horrible. The storyline idea isn't something many people would care to tackle, but simply the the screenplay makes this piece relatable and poetic. The fact that all it is adapted from is one sentence in an old newspaper is also quite impressive. The cinematography of invasive compostions makes this piece a little emotional at times and heartfelt at others. All in all it is a perfect blending of beautiful writing and photography. Sometimes finding something as original as this is the greatest of payoffs.