A man bikes to a construction site and tries to land a job. He is accepted on the job and he starts to work. The construction site is on the top of the roof of a wood framed house. This wood frame is like a skeleton. The site is very unique because it seems to be aligned with an airport runway meters ahead. As the aircraft descends, Mr. Jones feels excited and wants to be closer to the noise and the presence of the aircraft. In order to do this he climbs up onto the wood frame and attempts to get a little bit closer to the aircraft. He balances himself onto the top ledge of the house. When one of the other construction workers sees that Mr. Jones is climbing up on the top ledge of the house and walking to the front edge, this gets interpreted by the construction worker as being something that is highly dangerous and unsafe. A construction worker tries to bring Mr. Jones to safety by rescuing him.Mr. Jones does not seem to want to be rescued as he is happy standing on the edge and waiting for the aircraft to pass-by. In the meantime, the construction worker has since tied a rope around himself, followed Mr. Jones onto the unsafe ledge and followed him down the slim wood beam, while the aircraft zoomed overhead. The next scene, Mr. Jones is in restraints at a psychiatric hospital ward. What he experienced has been interpreted by the construction worker, the ambulance staff and psychiatrists as being medical, and is treated as such. The atmosphere in the film, throughout the first couple of scenes, went from total happiness to total despair (as seen through the eyes of Mr.Jones and through the visual storyline telling by Mike Figgis, the director of Mr. Jones).
As the film continues, there is a fine line between absolute happiness and complete emotional despair.
This film visually follows Mr. Jones. However this film does not seem to have a climax, a plot nor a strong message to the audience. Instead it attempts to portray the point of view on one individual and his unique journey through life, through the backdrop of the psychiatric system in the 1990's.
Written by Annuska Victoria BC Canada
As the film continues, there is a fine line between absolute happiness and complete emotional despair.
This film visually follows Mr. Jones. However this film does not seem to have a climax, a plot nor a strong message to the audience. Instead it attempts to portray the point of view on one individual and his unique journey through life, through the backdrop of the psychiatric system in the 1990's.
Written by Annuska Victoria BC Canada