I'm still trying to digest the film
The Zero Theorem by Terry Gilliam, he of
Brazil and
Twelve Monkeys
fame. Set in the usual bizarre future that exists in his head, it is
the story of a man looking for meaning in the world at the same time he
is tasked with finding a mathematical proof that life has no meaning.
Much like the homily about a man looking for a sign from God while
ignoring all of the people God sends with a message, the main character
spurns the love of a woman who offers him as much meaning as a
non-believer can find in life.
The
story dragged at times, and the conclusion was a bit of a downer, but
the acting was superb and those visual bits that Gilliam always manages
to inject into his films kept amusing me. There are a lot worse ways of
wasting celluloid and a couple of hours. Check it out, if you can handle
a little psychedelic cinema.
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