It just seemed that his appearance in the film always seemed on the outside. Dan always paid, always asked Jeff's advice. Plus Jeff's exit was questionable since the car remained in the morning. Was Jeff simply a split personality of Dan? The way Dan was long before his marriage? I do not know. Most likely you do not care...
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I suppose this could be possible in a way but there is always the problem of the fact that he talked to people and people talked back to him like the two dancer girls. But that scene with Catherine O'hara as the psychologist is great. My buddy and I kept repeating that line: "I believe you."
I'd say likely not though. If Brill wanted to suggest such a thing he would have addressed it and substantiated it more.
All in all, Late Last Night is an under-rated gem. I've been meaning to find a DVD copy one of these days; I think it has a commentary by Brill.
"I've seen things in this city that make Dante's Inferno read like Winnie The Pooh."
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After seeing this movie a second time, I started to think Jeff was not real for a few reasons:
1. The amount of calls he makes before reaching Jeff, who seems to be waiting for his call.
2. In the scene when Emilio gets out of jail, he has an arguement with Jeff he tells him "You don't control me".
3. The last thing Jeff says to Emilio is "don't call me again". I get why he says it but who would really say that to a friend?
There are probably more reasons to support that Jeff is real but if you watch it assuming he's not, a few things stick out.
I'm with you on this. I have doubts that Jeff was real as well. Some more points:
1. There were extended scenes where Jeff wasn't around. He would just kinda disappear for a while - during which times Emilio would not do anything too crazy.
2. One of the reasons for the break-up with his wife is that "She didn't know me". It appears like he could have a darker/crazier side that comes out every now and again!
3. The whole scene with the shrink directly suggested that Jeff may not be real.
4. How would Jeff be able to get into the V.V.I.P rooms? It is more likely that, as a celebrity layer, Emilio could get in himself.
In fact, all of the events of the night have to be questioned as to what really happened. Are we seeing things the way they actually happened or the way the main character was imagining them happnening? Some suspect events:
1. The "Somebody to love" song break was really cool - that could be blammed on the drugs though.
2. The scene on the roof top where the girl keeps referring to "finding god". The helicopter and cops single him out for being arrested. Very unlikely.
3. When he is arrested, the cops in the car clearly indicate that he is the only one arrested because he knew better and has hope of being turned around. How do they know who he is and why he is different from the others?
You could almost say the entire night was - he got kicked out, got drunk at a bar, bought some drugs on the street, freaked out a bit on drugs, and fell asleep on a tree at a golf course while imagining the specific events we see in the movie. When he woke up, he could blame all of this bad behavior on Jeff.
This was one of the reasons I thought this movie was cool because it went beyond a typical "guys night out" adventure flick.
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