Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss taps into that same strange alluring charm of Dave Made a Maze. Both are indie films that deal with serious issues through the filter of high-concept humour.
Dave Made a Maze is arguably way more ‘out there’ in terms of visuals and story-telling devices, but both stories could easily exist within the same universe.
Both films focus on the status of a central relationship, but Several Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss goes a little further and looks at both Claire and Paul as individuals.
Claire is the dominant one within their relationship, although outside of that she’s meek and timid. Paul is the submissive dependant half of the couple and seems content to drift through his life letting Claire take.
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