This movie is a beautifully-photographed pile of nothingness. My friend and I both fell asleep during it in the theater. There's a story, I guess, but it is so empty that it never leaves the ground. Why this movie is in the top 250, I will never know. I've heard plenty of people call it "Genius" and "The Best film of all time". WHY?? (1)Because it has the name 'Coppola' on it, and (2) Because it taps into "that universal loneliness that we all feel" (whatever...) (3) Because it was backed by incompetent producers. Jeez, the least you coulda done, Sophia, is included a scene where Murray and Johannssen get into bed together! I was lucky enough to run into the exec. producer of this "film" at a coffee shop the week it opened. He proudly spread open the newspaper saying, "Go see this little feature that we're all so proud of." Get real, Mr. Fred Roos. If you were a decent producer, you'd have made sure this was pulled before it ever opened. This is one film that really has had a polar reaction - you totally love it, or you totally hate it. Unfortunately, I have to go with the latter. I think you have to be as morbid as the film itself in order to like it.