Carcasses: Our things, Ourselves

When you were a kid, did you a have a favorite teddy bear, lego collection, or piece of clothing?  I know I did.  It's normal for children to create bonds with their possessions - it can teach them to respect their belongings, and value the special gifts they are given by others.  However, when an adult displays the same attachment to inanimate objects it is often seen as crazy, sad, or superficial.  When does it become unhealthy to care deeply for your things?  Or does it depend on the individual, the item, and the emotions attached to it?

The relationship between person and possession is explored in the Canadian docu-drama Carcasses.  It follows the story of 74-year-old hoarder Jean-Paul Colmor, a man who spends his days reminiscing with his accumulated collection of do-dads - his favorite being junkyard of auto parts.  

Some he repairs, some he sells, and others he will not part with.  It is only when his secluded lifestyle attracts the attention of others that his eccentric emotional state is exposed, challenged, and embraced.

Carcasses plays Sunday, Oct. 3rd at The Globe at 7:30 PM.