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Originally Posted by Antagon
I'd like to see it as a heavily stylized and satirical condemnation of that shallow, violent and chauvinistic attitude by men who feel deprived for whatever reason.
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Watching it 25 years on and knowing it as "an important film" might have clouded my attitude somewhat, but: it's just so punishingly, consistently misanthropic and that just bleeds through into the enjoyment of the film itself. And it all feels prompted by an extremely surface-level take on nihilism and consumerism. (I
did like the "self-improvement is masturbation" quip, although I was coming at it from a different angle.)