Erotic, compelling, surreal and challenging

Rating: 9/10 (20 January 2002)

It's funny how even the reviewers who liked this film seemed not to understand it. And at more than one point in the film I gave up trying to suss it all out and just let myself be seduced by it. Which I think is really the best way to enjoy this film - let it wash over you like a dream and when you wake up (when the movie ends) you'll figure it out. There is a point. Keep your eyes on the blue box - it's the key (no pun intended) to when dreams turn into reality. Don't try to fit every thread and character into your rationalization - not every part of every dream makes sense (it also helps to realize that this was originally supposed to be a TV show, and so many characters were introduced who stories never got to be fully told). One way to think of it is dreams as wish-fulfillment. In our fantasies and dreams, waking and not, we recast the players in our life as we wish they were - the lover who has spurned us becomes weak and dependent on us.

If you're up for a challenge, don't miss this one. The beginning is frustratingly slow, and it may take you awhile to figure out if you really like it or not, but give it a chance to work it's weird way on you.