. >> bill murray as phil conners and andy as eventual love interest, rita. it's a story, a portrait that's about the whole point of living. it's a wonderful illustration of conrad's point in film, that this story is about the point of living. what makes life worth living? as the movie opens phil conners the pro tag nist believes he knows what makes his life worth living. as i view the movie, and there are a variety of ways in which you can view it, i see phil conners initially illustrating freudian psychology, freudian theory of the ultimate motivating factor for human behavior. why do we do what we do? what are we seeking? freud of course is better known for the pleasure principle. >> sure. >> what motivates is we seek pleasure. today more than ever erotic pleasure, sexual pleasure. phil conners initially goes throughout his life seeking sexual pressure and he does so quite winningly we can say. but it's not enough. you watch his character because according to the story groundhog day he has to live this day again and again. he is forced to live out intensif