Perfect cinema?

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2012)

This may indeed be perfect cinema!
It has everything a film needs in my view. The message of the film is subtle yet clear enough for all to grasp. The main theme (there are many) to me was 'What is madness? Where does the line get drawn? and If McMurphy is mad then what are you?'
The issue if insanity is essential for all humans to explore as we may be closer than we think to it at any given point in our lives. Not just old age!
But like all great films, Milos Forman skilfully teases us and does not give any concrete answers. Like life itself, all is ambiguous and incomplete and mysterious.
The story is warm yet cold, funny yet tragic, beautiful yet ugly, entertaining yet important. How did they do it? That's the mystery of a great film!
One thing I know...'at least I tried...god damit...at least I did that.' is the greatest scene and quote in cinema that I know.