Re:The Big Sleep: The most baffling film ever made?
by jerf on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @03:01PM
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I feel similarly about the "twist" that "it was just a dream!" or something similar. It's already fiction. It's already made up. If I wanted to be stuck with just the stories & endings and such I could make up, I wouldn't be coming to you for a story. Not that there isn't room for ambiguity or complexity or anything, but, I already know what I think. I'm here precisely to find out what someone else thinks, and "well, what do you think?" is not very helpful.
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Re:The Big Sleep: The most baffling film ever made?
by Joeboy on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @04:06PM
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"It was just a dream" only works if it suggests an actual ending. Eg. Brazil, Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. I don't think it's a viable twist in itself.
Re:The Big Sleep: The most baffling film ever made?
by recursive on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:13PM
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"Scenic Route" is another movie that does this. I like it.
Re:The Big Sleep: The most baffling film ever made?
by earleybird on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:09PM
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Which ending of Brazil?
Re:The Big Sleep: The most baffling film ever made?
by Joeboy on Thursday August 19, 2021 @01:42AM
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Not the Sid Sheinberg "Love Conquers All" ending, if that's what you're getting at! I did watch it once, hard to believe that seemed like a good idea to anybody. Makes me wonder how many other great films we lost to that kind of studio butchery.