A movie about self discovery

Rating: 10/10 (11 March 2005)

This wonderful movie of self-discovery has been largely misunderstood or ignored. The mythical and the sacred dimension seem to be elusive in this postindustrial universe. We know the password but the dream seems unconvincing vis-s vis the clinic reality of the neon lights. The only refuge could be the home, viewed as an island of warmth and safety. It could be an irony at the American obsessive concentration on home and family as a shield against living A self-indulgent world in which Leopold Bloom and Ulysses could lose their way forever. The only" hope" seems to be the refuge in the family life and in shutting one's eyes to the inner self and to any attempt at understanding.