while i agree that the things you've listed, i am still enjoying this interpretation of themes that the original expressed more subtlely, as undertones. specifically, i'm happier with this version more blatantly exploring 2s experience in the village as an exercise of transcendence, the heavy allegorical suggestion that he is 1 (ego), 2 is the superego and 6 is the id (to simplify what is obviously a much more complex concept). the original, in my opinion, was much more literal and so long as this version is viewed in that literal context, the viewer won't be satisfied. that being said, the literal battle of the wills between the id (6) and superego (2) weakens the allegory. this 2 is a much more willing and powerless participant in the metaphysical experience.
