Hickenlooper directs this low budget 90s indie with so much thought put into establishing each scene geometrically, underlining the emotional ramifications of alienation through mise en scéne, dry humor and awkward conversations, mostly repetitive,  that do not go anywhere except into them selves. The first half reminded me of Stryker Spurlock’s Part Time (connecting different generations of St. Louis filmmakers) in its dry, meandering comedy, with young apathetic adults attempting to find meaning and avoid possible human intimacy. The films…

Because of where she is mentally she feels it necessary to not only explain what she feels or what is happening in life off screen but now the images themselves. Sometimes this blunts the impact, though overall it flows poetically through sadness and beauty with an elegance and deep capacity for emotional honesty that resonates with or without explanation. Everything here boils down to Anne telling herself, be happy, be happy, be happy, you should be happy, you should be…