SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED

US, 2012, 86 minutes, Colour.
Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson.
Directed by Colin Trevorrow.


1. The acclaim for the film? Small, independent, low-budget?

2. Washington State, the Seattle settings, the countryside, the Pacific Coast? The small towns? The musical score?

3. The title, serious meaning, comic? In the context of time travel to the past?

4. Darius, her jobs, going to the meeting, a sense of failure, the menial tasks, the toilet paper, sitting on the staff meeting?

5. The staff meeting, the editor and the requirements for the magazine, Jeff and his interventions, Arnau, the weak ideas? The advertisement in the paper, time-travel, safety not guarantee?

6. The decision to follow this story, travelling to the small town, Darius and her hopes, Jeff and his intentions to re-connect with his past love? His womanizing experience? His hopes with the woman? Arnau and his support?

7. The advertisement, Ken and his ideas, the invitation, payment on return? The post box number, surveillance, the different customers, Ken?

8. Ken, his appearance, manner of speaking, nice? Jeff and his approach, rejection? Darius, making friends with Ken, hearing the plan, taking it seriously? Her being a passenger, the physical training, her passing the test? His motivations, his girlfriend and her death, wanting to go back and change things? Darius and her saying she wanted to go back to save her mother?

9. The couple liking each other, the attraction, move into love? The discussions, his showing her the equipment, the explanations?

10. Jeff, looking up the woman, talking with her, her own story, the visit, the relationship, Jeff and his changing?

11. The agents, their concern, talking with Jeff and Darius? The reality of Ken’s obsession, paranoia?

12. Darius and her helping him with his equipment, stealing? The pursuit of the agents?

13. Darius, her visiting Ken’s girlfriend, the fact that she was alive, the relationship in Ken’s head? The puzzle for Darius?

14. Ken and the truth about Darius, his being upset? Jeff and Arnau? Darius having to make a decision?

15. The pursuit, the plan to take off, the agents, the journalists and their applause? The disappearance?

16. Reality or fantasy?