Daniel Ross Goodman is a writer and a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York. His writings on art, religion, literature, and film have appeared in The Weekly Standard, Journal of Religion & Film, Religious Studies Review, Bright Lights Film Journal, Moment magazine, Public Discourse, South Texas Law Review, and Harvard Divinity School Bulletin. He may be reached here. 
Sorrentino’s award-winning drama opens with a quote from Céline‘s Journey to the End of the Night: “To travel is very useful, it makes the imagination work, the rest is just delusion and[…]
“The wonder of life and the resources of imagination supply all the adventure you need.” — Roger Ebert (in his Great Movies review of My Neighbor Totoro)
