In Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel, “The Long Walk,” no one is spared from the drudgeries of the long walk of our miniscule lives. Lawrence’s film — for which King co-wrote the screenplay — is an account of a dystopian game, a long walk, where whichever lone person is still standing, wins untold riches and a single wish granted. It’s a simple, poignant, metaphor for the human experience — we walk, make friends, make enemies and we die.

Day after day, moment after moment, we trudge on with our lives as the universe continues to expand. Who we love, where we work, and what we do in our spare time matters to no one but ourselves. “Spare time” — what a careless notion built upon the backs of an uncaring society. No moment is worth sparing.

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