Seems like most viewers are disturbed and offended by the main character Jimmy.
Jimmy as a character is *supposed* to bother you.
His wild and offensive nature is written to show you how deeply you're unwilling to let yourself live fully and truly to yourself.
He says it himself in the last 30 minutes, but I suspect people just watch the movie as being about "some other guys in an apartment" and have no capacity to see art as a reflection to question their own lives.
I feel that this movie was written from the "cutting edge" of what's *actually going on* in the world today, beneath surface appearances.
It shines a brilliant spotlight on what, in my humble opinion, are some of the defining questions of this day and age:
What do we do with this incredible opportunity that being alive in the 21st century affords us?
If you were dying of a terminal illness (hint: you already are), and had all your basic needs accounted for (hint: you already do), what would you do with your life?
Would you want to dance around your apartment alone and naked like Jimmy? If so, is that what you *really* would want?
Would you want to "give back" by joining the workforce like Jimmy's roommate? If so, is that what you *really* would want?
While watching this movie it's a good idea to put yourself in Jimmy's shoes rather than having a kneejerk reaction of seeing him as "just some crazy guy", while having the also-kneejerk reaction of seeing his roommate as "the sane one".
Thank you Matt D'Elia for what you did here.
