This film had a variety of factors that made it what it is. I would have to say my favorite were the stylistic features. The black and white conveyed the simplicity of the film, or rather the main idea. The main idea is just simply ‘life is a give and take.’ The parking attendant gives until there’s no more, but when someone finally validates him he regains his will to validate.  The soundtrack is also very important, as it follows the characters' emotions throughout the scenes. A large part of the film was about the multiple meanings to validation. For example, validating the parking pass, giving emotional validation, and receiving validation. 

This film connects to many others that we have read or watched in this class, most notably a cat in the rain. The wife is giving all of herself to her husband, but her husband is relatively non-receptive to his wife, which causes her to lose her will to try to salvage the relationship, and instead leads her to try to salvage herself. Overall, I enjoyed this short film and I look forward to seeing others like it in Mr. Knute and and.islets class.