"Do you know, one of my own men came up to me the other day, asked me if I wanted to join the big pool. Look at 'em, look at 'em, look at 'em. Place a bet on when Navorski was gonna leave this airport. Have you heard about this?"
Frank Nixon
The Terminal
2004
The preface and underlined theme to The Terminal is the concept of waiting. Waiting to find a way to identify oneself as belonging to something, and somewhere. Viktor (Tom Hanks), en route to New York City finds himself in JFK airport and admist the simplicity of his journey, the complexity of identity strands Viktor in a circumstance where he can't leave, he can't go and he can't fly home.
When have you realized you were stuck in a catch 22?
Often at times we are caught up in circumstances beyond our control to identify ourselves amongst a situation that is one; absurd, and two; complicated. Identifying the discrepancy between the two tends to direct us toward the path of acceptance and sometimes resistance.
Can you imagine being stuck in an airport?
Can you imagine not just a delay, or a lay over, or weather evoking circumstances, but, a identity standstill?
Viktor's existence in the airport terminal became his home in his own world. The terminal became a part of him and Viktor became a part of the terminal. Viktor finds an interest in Amelia, a flight attendant with her own existence issues. His comfort for the terminal becomes a catalyst to his own feelings for Amelia, yet her own personal insecurities halt any path forward.
When given circumstance, we are often at times given the opportunity to make a choice. Decisions become powerful and livelihood becomes a new circumstance. When you get stranded next time, remember the path and the people you meet along the way, they just may be what you were looking for, or at least what sufficed to occupy that waiting period in time.
"I am going home" -Viktor Narvoksi
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Thoth... you are great man!! Loyal to a tee!