Life as a computer simulation has a lot of buzz these days, Nick Bostrom/Elon Musk among others have espoused it. Like all "religious" thoughts to me, such a notion seems beyond proof, but still within the bounds of fun speculation.
This film is ~46 years old, and shows its age in many ways. It's sci-fi with little on the sci (and no cgi), in a way it reminded me of "The Prisoner." Along those lines it had intentionally artificial, or overblown acting. Also it featured fascinating sounds (the migraines for the main character on though overload). Add in a strong focus on thought over action, although Fassbinder does bring in a car crash and an explosion.
Perhaps for me, "reading" the film (I speak no German, so was confined to the subtitles) made this even more of a cogitation than a cinematic event.
The use of mirrors, first introduced by Director Goddard goes wild throughout and was kind of fun. And the film was not without humor, above and me beyond the drive-by from Lemmy Caution!
Anyways it worked well enough, and there is a delight in seeing the retrospective foresight, kudos to the author and the auteur.
I do sort of like the idea of leveling up within the spheres of existence, and who knows how many there are. I also appreciated seeing women with large hair, and some of the frozen faces especially early on in the party scene, I like how that cultivated an artificial world.
Something to perhaps consider, and a big time spoiler so stop reading and watch the film (Sure it's long, but not thaaat long. two night's easy watch for me) - anyways consider the notion that Stiller above (the one with the triangle bang in front ;>) was running a simulation but enthralled with mercilessly taunting and torturing his world, and notably Stiller below.
With our world's addiction to war among nations, and so much personal angst among individuals, what does that say about our Programmers and our Gods?
This film is ~46 years old, and shows its age in many ways. It's sci-fi with little on the sci (and no cgi), in a way it reminded me of "The Prisoner." Along those lines it had intentionally artificial, or overblown acting. Also it featured fascinating sounds (the migraines for the main character on though overload). Add in a strong focus on thought over action, although Fassbinder does bring in a car crash and an explosion.
Perhaps for me, "reading" the film (I speak no German, so was confined to the subtitles) made this even more of a cogitation than a cinematic event.
The use of mirrors, first introduced by Director Goddard goes wild throughout and was kind of fun. And the film was not without humor, above and me beyond the drive-by from Lemmy Caution!
Anyways it worked well enough, and there is a delight in seeing the retrospective foresight, kudos to the author and the auteur.
I do sort of like the idea of leveling up within the spheres of existence, and who knows how many there are. I also appreciated seeing women with large hair, and some of the frozen faces especially early on in the party scene, I like how that cultivated an artificial world.
Something to perhaps consider, and a big time spoiler so stop reading and watch the film (Sure it's long, but not thaaat long. two night's easy watch for me) - anyways consider the notion that Stiller above (the one with the triangle bang in front ;>) was running a simulation but enthralled with mercilessly taunting and torturing his world, and notably Stiller below.
With our world's addiction to war among nations, and so much personal angst among individuals, what does that say about our Programmers and our Gods?