![]() ![]() To be sure, the story by David Webb Peoples (the mind behind Unforgiven and co-writer of Blade Runner) and Janet Peoples is well written and conveys much to think about, but seems to only touch on the surface of its ideas. "If there are any drawbacks to this excellent psychodrama, it is in a script that seems to hold back from taking its delusions full force, keeping in check its scrutiny of modern civilization just below the point of attack. Gilliam also depicts a past that looks just as dilapidated as the future and makes references to Hitchcock's Vertigo, which also involves questions of time and memory. ![]() On television, cartoons and animal testing are shown in the asylum and the Woody Woodpecker "time tunnel" episode comes on in the motel. Cole is kept at a distance from them, always reminded of being the "other", whether criminally or mentally divergent. While the methods of communication have become more perverse in the future, their disciplinary effects remain the same. Look at how the scientists of Cole's present time are contrasted with scenes of him in the past interrogated by psychologists at the institution. Typical of his other work, ideas are expressed visually, taking a straightforward plot and turning it into a more fantastical, cryptic, and maddening exploration of the relationship between power and the individual. "With so many deep underlying questions on the bleak outcomes of our technological advancements, Gilliam does an impressive job of keeping it all together in an entertaining and coherent manner. ![]()
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