the guy in the jail cell.

Found this on http://www.philfilms.utm.edu/1/waking.htm

The prison inmate’s ranting are especially troubling: he wants to torture everyone responsible for putting him in prison, yet he is incapable of seeing that he is precisely where he needs to be because of his anti-social inclinations. Assuming that he is incapable of grasping his own guilt, does he deserve any less punishment than a similar person who understands his guilt?

This guy was entertaining. Loved the lit cigarette into stapled off eyelids line

My interpretation was that he represented a dark side to humanity that we all keep locked away in our minds. We are all capable of doing the incredibly graphic things he describes but we don't. We may have horrible thoughts about people who wronged us in life, but rarely do we act on those thoughts to the extreme and unleash our inner demons. Unless of course our survival instinct kicks in and we injure someone out of defending ourselves from possible death. Or, in the worst case scenario, the person unleashes their inner evil because they are psychopathic.

I find it interesting the movie focuses on this suppressed, emotional character of hatred and envy, who we all choose to keep locked away. And then it shifts into the topic of free will.


JGL is my boyfriend, he just doesn't know yet.