Fest #6: Symbol

A man is trapped in a room. Gradually he discovers that the many "buttons" lining the wall have different effects when pushed. He moves through different levels until the buttons start having an effect on another story line we've been following. At the end, he gets to push the biggest button of all. I confess I nodded through portions of Symbol, but what I saw was an ingenious exercise in story development and the human condition. Coolest parts: cartoon inserts and Escargotman!