there are many similarities between James Broughton's "The Bed" and Chris Marker's "La Jetée", first of all because it's in fact a science fiction short, happening today (or in the past). next, it shows us many people who actually could be the same two. it's a strange thought, but logical if you play with the idea. naturally, one cannot deny the messages about our own obsession and sexuality in this picture. maybe what Broughton was trying to say, is that we all are the same, and having sex with multiple persons is like having sex with yourself. we are all the same, yet we are all different. it's up to the viewer to make up his mind about it: we're nothing more than combined water elements. we are all united in one big happy family. the truth about it all doesn't matter. loving you is loving me, thus "The Bed" gives us the feeling hate, abstraction and laws are unimportant. we love ourselves by loving others. or at least, that's what I think this short movie was about.
