Let me repeat the excellent advice that appears in many of the film's reviews here. Do not read the spoiler reviews before you've seen the movie. You need to watch this film cold. Once you've seen it, you will probably want to do a fair bit of reading - either to figure out the meaning of what you've just seen, or to compare notes with other viewers about what it all meant.
At the risk of branding myself an idiot, I confess that I was baffled by the film. I had an inkling of what might have gone on, but I doubted my own conclusion. I went straight to the director's commentary on the DVD ( which is excellent, by the way) and had everything explained to me.
I'm purposely staying away from specifics here so I don't have to use a spoiler alert. That will increase the number of readers. I can say that once you realize what you're watching and you see how brilliantly it all fits together, your admiration for the film will grow even higher.
The closest I'll come to giving you a spoiler is to suggest that if you like the premise of this film, go read a 19th century short story by Ambrose Bierce called "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Like this film, I'm sure that story both challenged and polarized its audience over a hundred years ago.
At the risk of branding myself an idiot, I confess that I was baffled by the film. I had an inkling of what might have gone on, but I doubted my own conclusion. I went straight to the director's commentary on the DVD ( which is excellent, by the way) and had everything explained to me.
I'm purposely staying away from specifics here so I don't have to use a spoiler alert. That will increase the number of readers. I can say that once you realize what you're watching and you see how brilliantly it all fits together, your admiration for the film will grow even higher.
The closest I'll come to giving you a spoiler is to suggest that if you like the premise of this film, go read a 19th century short story by Ambrose Bierce called "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Like this film, I'm sure that story both challenged and polarized its audience over a hundred years ago.
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