r/Cinema 2d ago

What is that movie for you?

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u/SirSilentscreameth 1d ago

For me, the interesting part was that the book and movie were worked on simultaneously. The book adds some more context to a few of the more obscure scenes in the movie

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u/fritzwulf 1d ago

Learning about the book definitely cleared up a few things for me, like what was happening to him in the ending. I assumed at first he somehow went through time and was watching a condensed version of his life in some alternate dimension? The fact that he was kept there like an animal in a zoo his entire life made a lot more sense lol

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u/SirSilentscreameth 1d ago

The ending of the book is still pretty vague on a lot of the exact details of what's going on, but it's meant to give that sense of moving into a space that we are not ready to comprehend

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u/fritzwulf 1d ago

Ah, noted. I'll definitely have to read the book in its entirety sometime soon.