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Anybody else thought she imagined the woman?

posted 8 years ago by henrimaine
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We've all seen movies where some characters or events turn out to be unreal, imagined by the main character. This movie seemed to move towards the same conclusion. It would have made sense to have Gena Rowland go to see her next door neighbor, only to discover that there is no neighbor at all. The woman telling her problems would have turned out to be the product of Gena Rowland's unconsciousness. In the end, the movie did not present such a conclusion in any obvious manner. The next door psychologist and his patient were probably real. But if we really want, we can still believe that they were imagined.

[–] don-lockwood 8 years ago

They were probably real, and supposing they were imagined doesn't really change the story's outcome or interpretation. But it did cross my mind that she was imagining their chance encounter in the pawn shop, and maybe even the subsequent scene in her room where she overheard Mia Farrow with the psychiatrist, once last time. It seemed as if everything after the first dream sequence had a dreamlike quality, with Rowlands hearing, reading, and remembering just what she needed to to resolve to change her life for the better.