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America, 1999 The Country is immersed in a culture of desire. And no where is that desire more acute than along the freeways and in the office parks that are the arteries and organs of California's Silicon Valley.
The urgency to participate in this new gold rush permeates every conversation and every thought of the 6 million residents of the region, and compels tens of thousands more to migrate to the region, dreaming of sudden wealth, power and the opportunity to shape the future – believing that anyone can make it. Yet, for every Gen Xer turned dot-commer with a million dollar stock package, there are a thousand others dreaming, starving, wanting – fueled by the marketing messages that bombard each of them; broadcast on tv and radio, transmitted digitally over the internet, bounced from satellites, and built into the physical surroundings on t shirts and billboards. The desire is deafening. Want is the story of that desire. It is the story of a man trying to find a sense of social purpose in his life while caught up in dot com mania. All the while, he is haunted by a confusing and challenging relationship with his homeless father, his unsympathetic mother, and a sexual addiction that escalates through the film, leading him to more and more dangerous and destructive sexual acts. |
