Why exactly was the doctor in a locker at the end of the film? I understand that he melted due to his guilt, but why was he in there in the first place?
shareall I can think of is either the locker is a type of jail/hell (along the lines of davey jones' locker?) or the other doctor put him there, either in his insanity or to punish him.
shareBecause it was a STUPID movie that made NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
It's like one of those "you make up your own ending" films from the 70s, interspersed with "creepy atmosphere instead of plot, character, etc." aspects of J-film.
Was the contagion from the weird old lady who could see stuff in mirrors?
The body they brought in?
The little kid wearing the kitten mask (OOOOO SCARY!!!!!!!)
Why did the contagion only work in mirrors, oh wait, it didn't.
Disjointed, stupid mess.
The film was about people going insane from guilt. There was no virus. It even tells you that in the film. And there is nothing wrong with a film having an ambigious ending.
"all I can think of is either the locker is a type of jail/hell (along the lines of davey jones' locker?) or the other doctor put him there, either in his insanity or to punish him."
Hmm, interesting interpretation.
Just noticed something interesting:
When Dr. Akiba is sitting in the locker room with the dead burn patient, the locker across the room slowly opens and he walks over and closes it. Then at the end of the film, he ends up in the same locker. That's wacky!
RE: The film was about people going insane from guilt.
So, wait, what was the neurologist suffering from?
Listen, I've heard everything from virus to ghosts.
The movie just simply sucked. You have to admit it. Non linear narrative is fine, but the story has to be cogent. Pulp Fiction was a circular narrative but the story was cogent. This pile of rubbish wasn't.
Who knows what the neurologist was suffering from? It's clearly not a virus since non of the patients in the hospital "catch it." It's up to the audiences imagination.
How is the story not reasonable? Since it's happening in the staff's heads, of course it's gonna be bizarre and unrealistic. That's the whole point. I'd advise to stay away from such films like Donnie Darko and Jacob's Ladder then if you hated this.
Actually, Jacob's Ladder was that sort of thing done right.
Ditto Naked Lunch.
You sure are posting quite a bit on the "board" for a movie that you intensely disliked.
Sorry if the movie flew over your head but don't take it out on the movie. Infection was meant to make you think. If you want the answers to a movie handed to you then stick with the American pap that has come out in the last 20 or so years.
So what? I'm entitled to do so.
Oh, I see, because I thought a movie was badly made and improperly plotted means I'd much rather settle for Dukes of Hazzard or some other American drivel.
I invested time and energy trying to understand this movie.
The latest trip is "well, this is an exploration of infection, as opposed to anything else" - well if that was the case, why did the "infections" happen rapidly, one after the other, with little foreshadowing, relatively quickly?
I've seen films that covered this better - the Thing if I remember correctly, with the paranoia that comes with contagion....
this may sound dumb at first, but i think there is a supernatural aspect to this movie.
think about it. its not about guilt. every charactor saw dr. akai. i think he was a ghost possessing and killing every employee for there negligance. i think that is the only explaination that could fit everything that happened in the movie. remember what dr. uozumi said, "HE gets in your head." Notice uozumi said "he" not "it". that was too late in the movie for a charactor to give a false explaination. if he had said it earlier in the movie it would make sense to give a false explaination to maintain the mystery but not this late
and yes dr. nakazono (the female dr.) was neglegant, too. at the end someone, i dont remember who, says "whos patient is this?" as if something was wrong. it was dr. nakazono's patient, you know the guy with the headphones at the begining
Is this your homework Larry?
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