Protozoa

An early Darren Aronofsky film, seductive for familiar themes and solutions for define them, for the precise image of TV addiction ( sure, internet sounds more realistic today ) for 1990 s atmosphere , for clash between stories of Abraham, Jesus Christ and Siddharta Gautama , for portrait of potatoe coach and for the freedom in a not so conventional manner.

Three friends, a yelow bus of a mental health institution bus , a beach and a story about a TV repairator son.

Nothing special, at the first sight, but enough for some reflection about a so comfortable zone part and about meaning of life after a kind of revelation.

Three friends discuss how to find meaning.

This is set when it was made, and as such goes into a very dark time in human history: before the internet. How to pass the time, other than television? Lucy Liu points out that "With 8 hours of watching the tube, six of sleep, and eight of work, there's only 2 left to eat, crap and screw".

Like others, I watched this because it is among the early works of Darren Aronofsky. Even at this point, you can see some of the elements that would later become his trademarks. Perhaps the most notable being the hip-hop montage, conveying a repeated action. There are also other interesting choices in cinematography. When the camera moves and how, not to mention when it doesn't. It will disgust you, and explore obsession. It runs 24 minutes and is currently available for free on YouTube. I recommend it to big fans of his. 7/10.