I watched this film last night.. WOW! How incredibly ahead of its time in many ways.
The ITALDian theme becomes apparent very quickly as Deja Vu, Precognition, Time dilation and many other ITALDian related concepts are discussed and explored. The style of the film itself is very engaging to watch as it explores many different stories within a story . This style of film-making has influenced many including Woody Allen, parts of this film reminded me of Deconstructing Harry because of the reasons mentioned.
The ventriloquist (Daemon?) story was indeed quite spooky. I think anything involving talking dolls gives people the chills, this may have gone on to influence films such as Child's Play. The conflict between open mindedness and the need for Scientific proof is acted out nicely by very different characters. The Dr being the voice of (scientific) reason, is the last to be convinced by the party of strange stories and experiences.
This film is also extremely funny in places. I think the Mirror story has a moment where the women turns to the man and says "Shall we dress up and spend lots of money?" Not necessarily hysterical but the delivery is perfect! There are also several other very funny moments in this film. I shall definately buy a copy soon and give it a second watch. Even the Golf story has CGI in it! Special effects in 1945?!!!??! Hitler may not even be dead yet and they're using special effects!!!! Incredible!!!!
The film ends or continues it's loop in a similar way to many other ITLADian films such as 12 Monkeys. The precognitions have been correct and his fate is unavoidable. There is a very nice touch at the end where he flips a coin in order to determine if he should go to the house or not, when the coin shows he shouldn't he ignores this and decides to go anyway illustrating an overwhelming force dictating his destiny.
A very impressive film for its time, both from an ITALDian perspective and just from the love of film/story telling.
*ITLAD = Is there life after death by Anthony Peake*
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