One That You Think About Later
Really good film I can't stop thinking about. Nice to see Johnnie Twennies again, too!
What we have here is failure to communicate!share
The slow pace allows plenty of time to think about it and ask why so many loose ends are left loose.
Why would he change his identity? Is he fleeing from someone or perhaps just himself. It had to cost a lot, but he seems have a source of funds. His pickpocket talent seems to be for thrills, not money. He seems to be rebelling against those displaying ostentatious affluence and ignoring others needs.
Either his looks and affluence provided so much sex and riches at a young age that he sought Asian instruction for relief from the lust for materialism. Or perhaps the love he expressed for the brothers was homosexual and his love for Ann satisfied a platonic need.
Indeed, this is a good movie for examination and discussion, perhaps somewhat like a Bronte novel. I just wish that it wasn't so damn slow!
What the hell are you blathering about? None of those questions were answered in this movie so what the hell is the point making up such nonsense when any story will fit in just as well? It was lousy writing, that's why it's now sitting in the mountain of dvds that time forgot where it belongs.
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Lol. Hey don't knock Disney films...! The Prestige was awesome (although a rarity for Disney).
William's actions were definitely inexplicable. But I think that's the point. If you've ever read Camus "The Stranger" or any other existentialist story, the root of the plot is the idea that the individual has complete free will, not bound by any cosmic morality or even social conventions.
William lives his life by doing whatever seems to be a good idea at the time. His identity is wiped out and he sees that as an opportunity to create a new one. He's not running from anyone nor is he bound to go back to anyone, so he just takes the opportunity. That's the core of existentialism (not just "life sucks and then you die" as a lot of people think), but it's about exercising free will in the face of meaningless conventions.
Ann & Victor are the opposite, we see. They are bound by their gangster lifestyle, always doing what a good gangster is expected to do, all the way to the end. William pleads with both of them to resist their programming, but in the end they have no free will (fatalists). Fatalism vs. Existentialism. The wrenching ending illustrates how the 2 philosophies cannot coexist.