elevator scene???


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Can anyone help me out with this particular scene. When the main character falls asleep/passes out in the restroom toward the end of the film there is a scene showing him getting in an elevator with a bunch of other people. This scene ends as he wakes up (if I remember correctly). Does anyone know the significance of this scene. I am wondering if I missed something that makes it make more sense.

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He was dreaming that he was back to "normal" after he drank that green drink. Notice how clean his face was?

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At the very beginning of the movie, Les (as narrator) says he used to dream of mundane things like riding in elevators but that there was a time he would dream about flying. This scene is meant to signal a return to those normal dreams and his regular life.

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Okay....I get it now....thank you very much.

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Also note that an elevator is just a human contraption for flying.



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good answers. i also took it as him riding down in the elevator was symbolism for him 'coming down' from the drug.

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Well done. I didn't get the scene at all, you guys made some great observations.


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Yes, but the elevator was going up.

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How do you know? I thought it was going down.

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maybe since it was going up then it was symbolizing how he was going back to normal level/life after being downhill/bad from the adverse drug reactions.

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Or maybe the direction the elevator was moving had NO significance lol

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