Klimt

There is something about movies featuring mad men suffering from schizophrenia that sparks my interest (ie Fight Club or A Beautiful Mind). Its a major sickness of the main character, but it is also a vital part of who they are. Straying from the confines of linear cinema, its difficult to pick a scene that would cause the movie to crumble. On the other hand, Klimt's alter ego is a huge insight to who Klimt is. If you were to subtract the "Tyler Durdan"-esk character from the film not only would you have to delete two minutes from every scene in which he begins to rant on to himself, but you would be cutting out half of the character Klimt. Almost every complex scene that Klimt finds himself troubled, he consults his shadow for some advice, some direction, even for something as simple as a brief discussion to pull himself away from the chaos and confusion of the oh so proper world of ladies and gents. Hinted to early on in the film its difficult to see how important this character is at the beginning of the film. As it progresses you realize, it is nothing more than Klimt himself.

Sam Sandoval
Anthropology 493