story structure
Anyone notice the structure of the film is very similar to a Clockwork Orange?
With the ceremony and ludovico
Treatment bookended by mirrored encounters with the same people?
Yes! I've thought this before! It's a simple yet genius structure.
A major event in the middle of the film changes the main character and he revisits things. Disturbing and beautiful.
After some things happen to you in life, you really just can't go back to "normal".