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What is this film "really" about?

posted a year ago by [deleted]
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I love this movie and Nicholson is spectacular but it's clearly nothing to do with the book. The emptiness of the horror, the impossible geography, the many subtle hints to space travel. What the hell was it really about? The cold war? Communism? Drugs? Anybody have an idea what I mean?

[–] marktayloruk (2388) 7 months ago

About two hours long.

[–] jk90us (5558) 7 months ago

It’s about 2.5 hours of excruciating boredom and monotony.

[–] BKB (6507) 7 months ago

In a nutshell, it's about Paranoia & Schizophrenia is how I'd sum it up with a touch of Supernatural thrown in

[–] Heisenberg (6392) 6 months ago

Cautionary tale about the dangers of riding a tricycle.