**spoiler alert**
The first
scene is shot when Craig is in his bed. It successfully sets the mood of the
first part of the film: Craig with a four-week beard, unemployed, Craig as a
puppeteer, Craig in a forlorn marriage. The only thing he has left is his
manual dexterity. He agrees to take a filing job interview. The office is on
the 7 ½th floor, accessed by pressing the emergency stop button at the right moment
and sticking a crowbar into the elevator door to open it. The atmosphere is
oppressing, almost strangling. The ceiling is so low that Craig has to bend
over in order to get into the interview room. In the process of sympathizing
with Craig, the viewer can’t help but also wish Craig’s life would improve in
the near future. And that’s when Maxine steps in. Craig fantasizes about her so
much that he creates a puppet replica of her and imagines a story where he and
Maxine fall in love with each other in the puppet world. But unfortunately in reality,
Maxine has not the slightest affection for him.
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