Alex Bag

I enjoyed the movie very much, I even watched it twice. It was illuminating to watch the art student Bag grow and mature over the course of her eight semesters, along with the humorous dreams paired with each semester that further expressed her feelings for that period of time. The film made me reflect back to my own experiences over my college career, even though my views and experiences didn't quite match up with hers. In her early years she was fully concentrated on her artwork and didn't want to bother learning anything outside of it. She had a stubborn, superior attitude, and looked down on the art students outside the BFA program who actually wanted art-related jobs they could make a living off of. In the beginning she was completely self-centered and not quite living in the real world. Over time, she really grew and realized that she had to learn new things in order for her art to grow, and that making money is not as trivial a thing as first thought. The summer when she "Worked her ass off at the most horrible jobs and had no money" was a huge reality check. By the end of the film she made some realizations that made her a wiser person; that there isn't one person who knows everything, that just because she didn't agree with a professor didn't make her stupid. She graduated a little bitter, but independent and free-thinking. The only part of the film I didn't understand was the ending. Tears and Morrissey. Grow up and move on.