Alexander's son (Tommy Kjellqvist) in his room The Sacrifice so, it is no less real. I would go as far as to say—more real. Stage by stage this gradually led me to the realization of my desire—to make a film about a person dependent on others and therefore, independent and free, and because of this not free from what is most essential: love. As the impact of consumerism on our planet became clear to me (irrespective of the East-West divide) and, the more I saw human suffering and met people susceptible to psychosis—(a proof of their inability and reluctance to understand why life has lost its beauty and meaning for them and why they feel so crushed in this life), the stronger was my desire to call this my most important film. Contemporary man is at a cross-road. He faces a dilemma : to continue existing as a blind consumer dependent on the inexorable tread of new technology and the further amassment of material values; (S»r to look for and find the path to spiritual responsibility, which, in the final analysis, could become the saving reality not just foj" him but for society at large. That is, to return to God. Man must solve this problem himself. Only he can find the path to a normal spiritual life.*
It is this very choice that can serve as a step leading to a sense of responsibility towards society. This step in itself is a sacrific^i.e., the Christian concept of self sacrifice, although it often seems that man lays the blame for decisions
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* Who says that our life on earth is created for happiness 9 And not for something more important? (It is only possible if one were to change the meaning of happiness, but that is impossible) Try and explain this to a materialist(Neither in the West nor in the East will they understand you, rather they will scoff at it I am not here speaking about the Far East