Annihilation: The Tormented Realities of Depression and Self-Destruction Anonymous College

What does it mean to destroy oneself? In the short amount of time that is one's life, a lot of people have made an art out of self-destructing. People place themselves in terrifying positions just to feel anything else but the crushing pain of depression that often rewires life in general. For decades, filmmakers have struggled tremendously to capture the realities of depression and suicidal tendencies specifically in women until now. Alex Garland's sophomore film, ‘Annihilation' feels like the fine revelation to the idea of self-destruction. The film invites an extensive cerebral reading like a puzzle waiting to be solved. Annihilation is a heavily sensual and complex film experience. It is a gorgeous and at the same time brutal meditation on the rigors of depression and human impulses toward self-destruction. The dreamlike sequencing and the search for serenity and oblivion equally make Annihilation into the juggernaut of self-destruction in film.

The film focuses on Lena (Natalie Portman), a strong yet emotionally wounded professor and biologist. Her husband Kane (Oscar Isaac) has been on a covert mission for a year with no contact for well over a year. Lena is filled with uncertainty as to whether he's already dead or just...