I have not seen this film and probably never will. I read the original short story by Willa Cather in college and did 2 papers on it. One comparing the main character of this story, to the main character in Joyce Carol Oats great short, "Where are you going, where have you been". And another about the psychology of the story "Paul's Case". (I received A's for both :) ). In the story, Paul is narcissistic, whiny, self-centered and lazy. He steals the money to go on his self-indulgent excursion and when it all goes bad, he commits suicide. I actually saw this as ridding the world of a parasite. I believe some people like this in that Paul is portrayed as gay, making him (to some) a sort of anti-hero. But in the story he was nothing but a deluded, self-aggrandizing, burden to society and not deemed worthy of pity.
Review of Paul's Case
