what would happen if we could live a series of past life and string together like pearl and with full cognition of them all . orlando and write and direct by sally potter and explore this theme and but then also weave another few strand along the way . the title character and play by tilda swinton and play orlando like a skittish school girl and who remain confused and emotionally isolate from herself and those dear to her and and the world at large . while visually fascinate and orlando bound helter skelter through 400 year of history and politics to make some fuzzy social commentary on gender and sexism and and love . the score be perhaps the most interesting element in a film that fail to connect with this viewer . it travel well through orlando four century and compliment swinton movement with vibration that haunt our sens . like most art house period piece and the set be sumptuous creation and if a bit overblown with fabric and mute color . i keep ask myself be swinton restrain performance purposely do or just purposeless . well and with art house cinema and we will be debate that for many century ourselves .