This film meanders through the subconscious worlds of its main characters. The special effects work feels very handcrafted and original and augments the feeling that one is in the dream world or subconscious of the characters. The story is maybe a love story but like everything else in the film it’s about what’s going on below the surface where so called reality is a matter of one’s moods, feelings and thoughts in the present moment.
This movie isn’t perfect but it is entertaining. The biggest and perhaps only real problem is the ending which is just plain goofy, unbelievable and a let down. In a lesser movie that would destroy the whole thing but there’s much to enjoy in the rest of the film. The general topic, art school (or it could be any liberal arts school) and the games amongst the inmates be they students, teachers or janitors. Having just finished an arts program myself I could relate to many of the situations. The movie stimulated some interesting conversations between my partner and I after we watched it. If only they’d done a decent ending . . . I did have some fun trying to think of an ending that would’ve worked.