I saw the movie as an attempt to show what life might be like for (an unmedicated) schizophrenic. Gondry’s attempt to show Stehpan’s inability to differentiate between reality and his dreams/thoughts is interesting. However, watching Stephan’s struggles to fit in and form a relationship with his fixation are rather sad. The film is fractured, but then so is the way Stephan thinks/perceives – so it works. Nothing quite makes sense because that’s how his world is. The imagery, and the
display of Stephan’s creativity are amazing. I think the film is trying not to judge him and just wants to shows his life. In the end though, I was really sad that he never sought help—he might’ve been able to have more of his dreams become real that way…