Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86700 posts
Tue Oct-29-19 12:50 PM
24. "well, the part of him buying the house is *definitely* fantasy." In response to In response to 22
We see that through the image at the end. That the desire to free his father keeps our lead character hoping to climb the economic ladder, but we know it'll never happen. He'll never get rich enough. He's stuck, as are the overwhelming majority of us.
As for the stuff with the father, if that's fantasy? I don't think there's any cinematic language in the movie suggesting that the father's survival and Morse Code letter is fantasy. In fact, that'd definitely make the movie worse, as the Sisyphean task that the ending suggests the lead boy will attempt is far sadder and far more in line with the themes of the film than just "he's fucked up, it's all in his head."
I think internet people come up with "it's all in his head" fan theories far too often. There has to be something in the film conveying that it's all in his head, otherwise what's the point?