“This 1983 Super-8 film transferred to video remains a classic of its type, redolent of the Pop/Conceptualist aesthetic that was a hallmark of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), which Beckman attended. Non-narrative in structure and employing stop-motion animation mixed with live actors, You the Better unfolds as an allegory of suburban conformity versus free will, a Tron-like scenario where human players are trapped in a game dictated by chance (though not the computer variety).”
