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The film's main material are a number of philosophical themes loosely grouped around Descartes' idea of the 'evil daemon' who may be conceived as systematically deceiving people about their perception of reality:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_daemon
This idea has had many incarnations and is reflected in the more modern thought experiment of the 'brain in a vat':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat
Interpreted charitably, the film (which I uncharitably think is appalling rubbish, or maybe I've just never 'got' it) can be seen as a reflection on the subject of human estrangement. While I don't remember any of the plot, I thought at the time that it had no quality and was logically extremely inconsistent.