A metaphor for human society...

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2008)

This movie is really something...
It is a film metaphor for every possible relation, choice and mistake that a person can have in relation to other people.
A metaphor for what human society really is, for what we think we want, and for what we really need.
It is also symbolic for many utopias and social experiments that humanity has undertaken in the course of its conscious history.
The film shows once more that the road to hell is covered with good intentions and that what we consider paradise may actually turn out to be something very ugly.
And what is paradise? Is it in the social or in the asocial? Is it in civilization or in the jungle? The movie asks all these questions without giving straight answers... well, almost...
In that relation, the very last shot of the movie is sheer storytelling brilliance.
The music, the voice-over, the photo slowly appearing and the overall message... universal... fundamental... almost made me cry and I didn't want the story to end... I really had a moment there...
What more would you want from a movie?..
It's perfect for my taste, but probably not for every taste - 10\10.
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I, for one, also believe in paradise... I don't know what it is... I can sense it sometimes... it's close and I believe that everyone carries it inside... sometimes it happens when we're alone, and sometimes - when we're together... but one thing's for sure...
It's there... and it's close...
Go find it, people !