It's certainly disturbing how the mind can basically break from loneliness.
Willem Dafoe's character illustrated how we crave human companionship.
I thought it was a really good portrayal.
But only a one-time watch for me.
Definitely. Really don't understand all the hate this movie gets. Brilliant performance from Willem Dafoe.
shareI liked it enough to possible watch it again in a few years, after I've forgotten all the details.
shareIf all of you liked this movie yall oughta give the Adrien Brody film Wrecked a watch.
https://moviechat.org/tt1316622/Wrecked
Thanks for the suggestion.
shareI agree with you about the "one time watch for me". At least with Wrecked I have thought of it from time to time and am considering watching it again soon.
There were some disturbing elements to this movie and I even considered for awhile that the penthouse owner had set the thief up to watch him suffer. (Ive read here that others thought this as well). Also you have that giant "self portrait" of the penthouse owner where his face is surrounded by an orgy. Then you have that strange secret room where it has old writings of some kind of philosophy where it was stated that the body is the ultimate form of energy and heaven is found within these energies. It was like some weird justification for having orgys. Also Nemo (Dafoe) seeing himself in the corner of the image despairingly lusting after the woman who looked like Jasmine the maid was ominous and it really does allude to that loneliness you mentioned in your initial post.