Obra maestra de animación en stop motion de los cineastas norteamericanos Porter y Kuwahata, finalista de los premios Oscar en 2018, sobre la vida de un viajante, siempre en camino, empaquetando y deshaciendo la maleta, cada vez más compacta, cada día, símbolo del vacío que tratamos de llenar en un viaje que dura una vida, y que se acaba imponiendo: ocupamos muy poco lugar, no ha lugar para nosotros, antes de que se cierre la maleta por última vez.
Guion basado en el poema Negative Space (2014), del escritor norteamericano Ron Koertge:
“My dad taught me to pack: lay out everything. Put back half. Roll things
that roll. Wrinkle-prone things on top of cotton things. Then pants, waist-
to-hem. Nooks and crannies for socks. Belts around the sides like snakes.
Plastic over that. Add shoes. Wear heavy stuff on the plane.
We started when I was little. I’d roll up socks. Then he’d pretend to put me
in the suitcase, and we’d laugh. Some guys bond with their dads shooting
hoops or talking about Chevrolets. We did it over luggage.
By the time I was twelve, if he was busy, I’d pack for him. Mom tried
but didn’t have the knack. He’d get somewhere, open his suitcase and text
me—”Perfect.” That one word from him meant a lot.
The funeral was terrible—him laid out in that big carton and me crying
and thinking, Look at all that wasted space.”
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