This film has got to be the trippiest thing that I have ever seen, and I've watched Waking Life (which is actually really good, I recommend it). But Everybody Rides the Carousel has got this weird little jester guy and they go through all of Erikson's Eight Stages of Development without really explaining them. It is true that they don't make films like this anymore, and I personally think that there is a good reason for that. This film is only to be watched while high, it is the only way is can possibly be construed as good.