confucius said:
really? the "levels" being entertainment and... what others?
lighting, cinematography, art direction, special effects...
I've worked a bit in film doing art direction on commercials, some short films, tv programs, stills campaigns but only one feature and I can't look at a film without noticing all the incidentals, like the quality of a key prop, the framing of a shadow across a wall, the placement of a chair, the single crane shot of a cityscape going to a headshot and the focus puller having his work cut out. The cliche cut and sting which creates the fright in movies.
I do it with music too. Pull it all to bits in real time then put it back and assimilate the whole thing.
I remember something Miles Davis said about playing whats not there.
It's too easy to just hear or see whats there but to hear and see what isnt and be able to visualise it and hear it and make it reality is what makes artists different than punters who just go to the movies or buy a CD and immerse themselves in the pure escapist fantasy of it all
It's why I'm into dubstep because there is so much you can fill in with your mind.
The other thing about this movie is the choice of good or bad that the others had was reflected in your choice of good or bad characters/actions. The directors personal choice wasn't rammed down your throat or spoonfed to you. It was about moral relativism but in the bigger picture it didn't make any difference people lived people died it's what they did. hte actions thereof merely determined the numbers. The motive and intent for the choices wasn't based onsome sort of all or nothing purity. All the lines were blurred no one was innocent and no one was guilty yet they all were.
maybe "levels" wasn't the right word