Choices

This is one of my top ten favorite movies of its year. The video and audio are each mesmerizing, but the real meat is in how each individual viewer combines them, or doesn't. Subject matters include childhood, parents, divorce, maturity, siblinghood, and sexuality. To cover all this and to start an endless stream of discussion in just 4 minutes is remarkable. On Youtube, I read the comments and found most people complaining about the graphic sexuality, and felt that the audio narration was an attempt to elevate pornography. I think that completely misses the point. Yes, the erotic scene is captured up-close and intimately, but I found that the reason for that was to put us in the role of the protagonist. We are in his physical situation, and mentally, we are going over his memories and thoughts. This is the route that movies are going, pointing out the intersect between physicality and intellect. Bravo!