Rating: 5/5
This film will always hold a special place in my heart. I came across it in college after checking it out from the college library in my ongoing search for “mindfuck” movies. Seeing movies like Donnie Darko, Perfect Blue, and Adaptation in high school, I wanted movies to challenge my preconceived notions of what a movie should be.
This movie was a lotus blossom blooming in my skull, not just because it was a “mindfuck” but because it contained so much empathy and so much darkness and asked so much of me as an audience member that I felt like I had to ask more of the movies I watched.
It wasn’t long until I met a coworker at Papa John’s who introduced me to foreign films like Stalker and Seventh Seal. I blame this movie for opening me up to those and the endless hunger for film I’ve had since.