"OMG" is my review... Can be analyzed in so many ways....

Rating: Null/10 (5 July 2003)

This is the most powerful film I have ever seen. Although just an "arthouse drama" it won a British award for best horror film. OMG where shall I start...
If you want to study "pacing" of a movie study this one. A comment after showing this to some friends was "the repetitive pictures of the eyeballs, etc. was annoying." Well that's where the 2000+ cuts of the movie came from! lol
I believe that those repetitive cuts form a "reference point" in the movie. Throughout the movie we see that reference point. Between that reference point we see four lives spiralling into hell. Repeatedly when consequences of the character's own actions seem to have bottomed out, they get worse. Each consequential situation more horrific, both emotionally and graphically at the same time.
This film is a study of character development because every decision and action of each is never surprising. Never does anyone do anything out of character that surprises. What surprises are the consequences of each happening graphicaly and in parallel on the screen.
Sara Goldfarb is another reference point in the film. Sarah was portrayed by Ellen Burstyn, the mom in "The Exorcist", nominated for "Best Actress in a Leading Role" Oscar for this movie]. Surely things cannot keep getting worse for Sara Goldfarb, the sad-sack mother of Jerod Leto's character Harry Goldfarb in this film, but they do.
to be continued...