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# the darjeeling limited (river and funeral scene)
- URL: https://www.arrieta.io/the-darjeeling-limited-river-and-funeral-scene/
- Published: 2022-10-27T03:35:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-10T22:48:17.000Z
- Description: when you realize that all your grand problems are imaginary
- Author: luis arrieta
- Tags: notes, family

well, someone did the world a favor and uploaded the best scene of one of my favorite movies by my favorite director.

The first time I watched The Darjeeling Limited was in the theater in 2007 (Santa Monica, I think). The person I watched the movie with had seen more of life by the age of 20 than most people will in a fully lived lifetime. She said that the river and funeral scene was special. She also said why.

I had registered the movie in low fidelity so I did not and could not say much . I just knew that I needed to wait for the DVD release and rewatch the Darjeeling at home and alone.

And I did just that.

## press “play” one more time

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/82/18/82182efc-6d17-43fb-bbd1-197df3da9a93/content/images/2024/08/The-Darjeeling-Limited---Escena-del-Rio-y-Funeral-min.jpg)](https://player.vimeo.com/video/763039755?ref=arrieta.io)

when you realize that all your grand problems are imaginary

Describe what makes it special: not possible. It’s not a short scene, it’s 12 minutes long.

And every time I watch it, its significance changes, its tragedy and vitality expand, new subtleties revealed. And it’s because we’re alive and, as [Murakami](https://arrieta.io/what-i-talk-about-murakami/?ref=arrieta.io) would say, if we are gifted the privilege of continuing living, we’ll be able to press “play” one more time (or two).