What's your interpretation of this film?

Well now, here's a man who wants to get right down to it.
Kinda anxious to get to it, are ya?
A man's attitude -- a man's attitude goes some ways to the way his life will be.
Is that something you might agree with?

Now did you answer because that's what you thought I wanted to hear, or did you think about what I said and answer cause you truly believe that to be right?

What'd I say?

So since you agree, you must be a person who does not care about the good life.
Well stop for a little second and think about it. Can you do that for me?

There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy have?

So, let's just say I'm driving this buggy. And, if you fix your attitude, you can ride along with me.

When you see the girl in the picture that was shown to you earlier today, you will say, "this is the girl". The rest of the cast can stay, that's up to you. But the choice for that lead girl is NOT up to you. Now... you will see me one more time, if you do good. You will see me... two more times, if you do bad. Good night.

I prefer to think of the film in terms of Tibetan philosophy, Bardo Thodol, as a good way of understanding the film.

To each his/her own of course.

First 2/3 are a dream, after that we see what occurred before and after the dream.

Brief chronology of what happens…

Diane moves to Hollywood and struggles to make it as an actress, and has a lesbian relationship with a sadistic raven-haired starlet called Camilla.

Camilla gets engaged to her director Adam, and gets off on rubbing Diane’s nose in it, making her murderously jealous.

Diane orders a hit-man to kill Camilla, then goes to bed and has a dream.

The dream is a wish-fulfilment fantasy in which everything plays out as she’d wished, climaxing in the lesbo sex scene. After that things fall apart as reality intrudes on the fantasy, ending with The Cowboy telling her ‘time to wake up’.

Diane wakes up, argues with her ex roommate/lover, and sits alone on her couch realising that she’s now a murderer. The guilt and shame, compounded by the spectre of her grandparents, drives her to mental breakdown. She pulls out a gun and blows her head off.


Let me know if you have any more questions.