A metaphysical metaphor on manipulation and living by proxy

Rating: Null/10 (22 December 1999)

The characters in this extraordinary movie suffer from a lack of identity - even to the extent of being found on an "in-between" floor, 7-1/2, not quite here and not quite there, without a full stature. They can't get what (or whom) they want, so their resort is either manipulating the person they desire to bring him or her to do what they want, or live by proxy, through the eyes of someone who is desired.
The movie, well directed and acted, uses science fiction as a genre but not as a goal, together with a tongue-in-cheek sense of warped humor.
If you like this movie, its metaphysics and humor, you should read Flann O'Brien's "Third Policeman" and watch Newley's 1969 movie "Can Hieronymus Merkin ever forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?".