In this experimental short fiction a story line that the surrealists would have appreciated is supplied with images and sounds that speak to the unconscious mind. The story is as follows: "a picture loves a woman, but the woman does not love the picture. We follow the imaginary being that lives in the picture's descent to a dark netherworld, only to emerge into the light after a cleansing by the fire of suffering." The term Yakult in the title refers to a food supplement in liquid form that contains lactobacilli casei and purportedly provides an enormous benefit to the intestinal flora - according to the ads. In the film there seems to exist a connection between the use of Yakult and the character's resolution of his internal conflict (sic).
Ron says about this film: 'this is the kind of film that you get to make only once in a lifetime - the circumstances in which this small but for me seminal project came about and the absence of any need for conventional structure provided a lot of creative joy and energy throughout the process and in a way was the starting point for my active life in films. Of course it's a mostly pre-conventional piece (cf. Ken Wilber's 'A Theory of Everything') in the sense that it has that narcissistic 'nobody's gonna tell me what to do' intent to it - inevitably leading to very puzzled audiences and deep frowns - but I would heartily recommend anyone to try out a similar experiment in self-observation in the creative medium of their choice - it's bound to yield some very interesting food for further progress. Just don't get stuck there.'
Click here to see an excerpt from the film.
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