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According to Jesse Stommel of Bright Lights Film Journal, the lack of explicit violence in the film forces viewers to question their own fascination with violence that they play a central role in imagining.

Nonetheless — citing its feverish camera moves, repeated bursts of light, and auditory pandemonium — Stommel asserts that it involves the audience primarily on a sensory rather than an intellectual level.