In the sublime final moments of The Darjeeling Limited, the brothers stop fighting the passage of time and learn to revel in the moment, yearning for the palpable substance of
everyday joys instead of faking them to sustain the status quo.
Bradford's handling of her chosen subject matter deflates the heroic and grand tragic associations this subject typically conjures, suggesting
instead the human frailties, struggles and
joys of our
everyday human existence.