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Analysis Of The Movie ' Fall Arrives '

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Fall arrives in the city with cool, crisp winds that brush leaves from the ground into the air in a slow churning whirlwind causing them to dance about, descending to the moist ground. A yellow cab is patiently circling the neighborhood in search of fares, which has been a twenty-year practice of Max – a stout, older man with a protruding belly that strains the buttons of his faded, much-wrinkled shirt. He slowly drinks a cup of lukewarm coffee singing “my mama told me you better shop around…” He looks up at the sky at dark, overcast clouds, “Looks like rain today” he says. Max knows the streets of his hometown better than anyone around. He typically works on the east side of the city around the old Elmhurst Cemetery. Most people don’t venture close to the cemetery claiming that they often see a young woman walking through it. They are convinced she is a ghost looking for revenge, but these stories never bother Max nor had he ever seen this ghostly young woman.
Drops of rain begin to tap his windshield, but not enough for Max to engage his wipers. He continues to drive, sip on his coffee, singing until the rain begins to violently pound his cab prompting him to slam on his brakes. The cab swerves, his coffee spills on his chest and runs down his belly, “Crap!” Max exclaims in frustration. With his cab still swerving, he comes close to hitting a young woman crossing the street near the cemetery just before he stops short of hitting her left leg. He was shocked to see someone

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