Time Goes By, So Slowly

"On my first viewings, I was simply flabbergasted at the fact that someone had had the squirrely perspicacity to do this—the endless hours of preparatory research that went into this gigantic thing constitute the ever-present invisible content of The Clock. Then it gradually dawned on me: There are so many film scenes about time that there are probably many possible versions of The Clock—all different, just as some scientists say there are simultaneously parallel realities."

Jerry Saltz at New York discusses his choice for "for Best Picture of the year—maybe the best picture ever."