stars bill murray and andy mcdowell. it's a portrait that's about the whole point of living. so it's a wonderful illustration of conrad's point in film. this story is about the whole point of living, what makes life worth living. and as the movie opens, phil connor believes he knows what makes his life worth living. and as i view the movie and there's a variety of ways in which you can view it, i see phil connors initially illustrating a freudian theory of the ultimate motivating is the pleasure, we seek pleasure. and in today more than ever, erotic pleasure, sexual pleasure. so phil connors initially goes about his life seeking sexual pleasure. and he does so quite winningly, we could say. but it's not enough. you watch his character because according to the story, he has to live this day again and again. he's forced to live out an intensifying concentrated form this theory of life. and he comes to realize soon enough experiencely, the pleasure principle is not enough. phil will choose to kill himself. choose to stop living rather than be forced within this one theory. it's