"...obsession...that fixed idea that takes us back time and time again..." --the Basic Text
A film that plows deep into the furthest sulci of the human mind. What drives us? What are our motivating factors? Is it better to search and search and seek the answer until we know we've found the truth? To know that we've gotten the answer to our questions? How far do we have to go to be satisfied? How great is that curiosity... really? Afterall, we know what happened to the cat...
After his one, true love disappears without a trace, Rex finds himself ready to pounce when he hears from a man who claims to be the abductor. After a significant amount of tension building and very crafty filmmaking filled with a study in psychology and vividly compiled symbolism, we see the madman tell Rex that he can show Rex what happened to her better than he can tell him...
Rex follows his instructions....
Rex finds out exactly what happened to his love... and it's truly horrific.
Also recommended: Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake is Missing, Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy, Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs, Terence Young's Wait Until Dark, Richard Attenborough's Magic
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