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Can someone explain the ending.


I am one to usually understand films, but this *beep* was confusing. I dont understand why he shot the woman in the head, and how that was his ticket in.

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William Burroughs once stated that it was the accidental killing of his wife is what made it possible for him to become a writer. While he felt guilt about it for most of his life, it was also a liberating experience for him.

The land of "Annexia" in the last scene of the film represents the new world Burroughs has entered now that he has embraced his identity both as a writer and as a homosexual. The shooting death of his wife (and the memory thereof, which is why we see it twice in the movie) was his "ticket" into that world.

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