Jack(Jesse Bradford), Freddy (Scot Williams) and there friend Anne (Sienna Guillory) are childhood friends. Freddy is from a wealthy family and Jack is poor and they both loves Anne. Freddy has everything in life and tells Jack he going to marry Anne after college. They all enter the same college. Freddy wants Jack to pledge a elite fraternity together. Anne becomes concerned about a dangerous stunt they pulled. Jack's life is reckless and he sees his life was going down hill. Jack sees Freddy and Anne having a PERFECT LIFE. Jack decides to show his pain of life's situations by driving a vehicle down an embankment with Freddy as a passenger and Freddy dies in the crash. Jack had elected his own death rather then abandon his(selfish)principles of his life; he would leave this would courageous and in control of his destiny.
I studied the movie and picked apart all the unusual scenes to understand the story line.I believe this movie is an example of a Greek tragedy- which is based on truth and fact and Aristolelian view of death which is based on two separate parts of a human the physical and the soul.
Jack Parson is disembodied or in a coma in a hospital room. Jack recklessly drove a car with his friend Freddy (Scot Williams) down a hill. Freddy dies but Jack will not accept that he murdered Freddy.
The programs on the television screen in Jack's hospital room are the created events of Jack's reality- his truths. Jack is in a near death experience, a disembodied soul making up stories and illusions that is his life using these scenes from programs on the television which he wants to believe really happened. The Elder (Steven Berkoff) exemplifies the TRUTH to Jack Parson (Jesse Bradford). Jack believe his vision are true events. Jack must except the choices he made in his life (the truth) of his reckless life and he must accept the eternal consequences after his death. The Greek philosophy of death in the movie shows symbols of water, the stars in heaven- which all are part of the soul drinking of water during transition of the body and soul during death, is depicted throughout the movie and the black outs and scenes with water (the pool,the locker,the airline bathroom, Vera in the bathtub and great escape under the wine cellar into the moat where Jack saves Anne from drowning. The statement "look at the stars" represents the Roman warriors go as a reward for their courage and strength against an enemy at death. You will shine among the stars - these are the rewards after death.
NOW to understand all of the scenes throughout the movie! All of the events-- are stories of Jack's life, his Perfect Life, of lies.
The television scenes created the illusion of truths in his life. The most interesting is the actual scene where Jack sees the reflection of Marisol (Joanna Moskwa) through the sunglasses he placed on the statue--He turns around to see no one. Then at the of the movie Marisol, Jack's nurse, turns off the television and you see her image (the same) and then you see the light streak across the screen as Jacks soul departs from this world after he excepted his "secret TRUTHS". He also shows many scenes with Marisol example as a maid at a castle, at a bar, at a beach and once Marisol flagged the race, also Vera (Emily Hamilton) flag the second scene of the car crash. The television had a police and car chase. The Rolls Royce that picks them up at the airport. Jack's stories are all lies. I believe Vera is Jack's part time companion. I do not want to believe Jack was with Anne, though the Elder said he was with her.
The television was the link to all of Jack's truths in his life while dying in the hospital. The elder tells Jack that he killed Freddy and Jack accepts his punishment his SECRET TRUTH.
This movie needed a lot of work. So does my disjointed review. I bought this movie to see Jesse Bradford in a different acting role. It is quite different - a very sad and tragic way of life. I usually receive a warmth at his facial expressions and mannerisms in his other parts in other movies this one did show a cooler indifferent side.
I do not believe this spoils the movie but answers complex questions about what was going on with so many scenes. The story line is linear but can be very confusing. I hope am correct on my viewpoint. Watch it and see what you make of Perfect Life (Victims)?
I studied the movie and picked apart all the unusual scenes to understand the story line.I believe this movie is an example of a Greek tragedy- which is based on truth and fact and Aristolelian view of death which is based on two separate parts of a human the physical and the soul.
Jack Parson is disembodied or in a coma in a hospital room. Jack recklessly drove a car with his friend Freddy (Scot Williams) down a hill. Freddy dies but Jack will not accept that he murdered Freddy.
The programs on the television screen in Jack's hospital room are the created events of Jack's reality- his truths. Jack is in a near death experience, a disembodied soul making up stories and illusions that is his life using these scenes from programs on the television which he wants to believe really happened. The Elder (Steven Berkoff) exemplifies the TRUTH to Jack Parson (Jesse Bradford). Jack believe his vision are true events. Jack must except the choices he made in his life (the truth) of his reckless life and he must accept the eternal consequences after his death. The Greek philosophy of death in the movie shows symbols of water, the stars in heaven- which all are part of the soul drinking of water during transition of the body and soul during death, is depicted throughout the movie and the black outs and scenes with water (the pool,the locker,the airline bathroom, Vera in the bathtub and great escape under the wine cellar into the moat where Jack saves Anne from drowning. The statement "look at the stars" represents the Roman warriors go as a reward for their courage and strength against an enemy at death. You will shine among the stars - these are the rewards after death.
NOW to understand all of the scenes throughout the movie! All of the events-- are stories of Jack's life, his Perfect Life, of lies.
The television scenes created the illusion of truths in his life. The most interesting is the actual scene where Jack sees the reflection of Marisol (Joanna Moskwa) through the sunglasses he placed on the statue--He turns around to see no one. Then at the of the movie Marisol, Jack's nurse, turns off the television and you see her image (the same) and then you see the light streak across the screen as Jacks soul departs from this world after he excepted his "secret TRUTHS". He also shows many scenes with Marisol example as a maid at a castle, at a bar, at a beach and once Marisol flagged the race, also Vera (Emily Hamilton) flag the second scene of the car crash. The television had a police and car chase. The Rolls Royce that picks them up at the airport. Jack's stories are all lies. I believe Vera is Jack's part time companion. I do not want to believe Jack was with Anne, though the Elder said he was with her.
The television was the link to all of Jack's truths in his life while dying in the hospital. The elder tells Jack that he killed Freddy and Jack accepts his punishment his SECRET TRUTH.
This movie needed a lot of work. So does my disjointed review. I bought this movie to see Jesse Bradford in a different acting role. It is quite different - a very sad and tragic way of life. I usually receive a warmth at his facial expressions and mannerisms in his other parts in other movies this one did show a cooler indifferent side.
I do not believe this spoils the movie but answers complex questions about what was going on with so many scenes. The story line is linear but can be very confusing. I hope am correct on my viewpoint. Watch it and see what you make of Perfect Life (Victims)?