Diana is depression. Which makes the end quite hopeless because the only way to get rid of it is to kill yourself...?
Oh well, i liked the movie anyway, but battling with depression myself, i hope i won't get to this point!
If you are going to make life changing decisions based on a movie then OP you should really kill yourself.😀
nobody lives forever...
Hi! I don't think the film is meant to be interpreted quite so allegorically as this - after all, the fact that the film captures multiple perspectives (not just Sophie's) indicates that the supernatural events are really - well - supernatural in nature. I don't think that Sophie's depression killed the cop, for example, or lifted Brett off of the ground near the garage - or affected Rebecca and Martin in Rebecca's own apartment.
HOWEVER, if you do interpret it allegorically, I don't think that the tragic ending is a PRESCRIPTION. It's not, "If you have depression, then you might as well kill yourself." In any tragedy, the end is not necessarily what the author thinks "should" happen in real life. Often it is the worst possible combination of circumstances. Therefore, a person taking their life IS a realistic POSSIBLE end result for a spiraling bout of depression. Not the only possibility, but one of them.
I also agree with someone who posted earlier on the allegory, saying that Diana/depression twisted Sophie into a harmful version of herself that pushed away/alienated all those who loved/could help her. If one is unable to stop it, depression can warp and destroy everything of value in one's life. Therefore, from Sophie's perspective, once she is on the point of losing everything that she holds dear as a result of her rampant depression, it makes sense that she would come to the (tragic) conclusion that life is not worth living anymore.
Ever heard of the words SPOILER ALERT?? Do the world a favour and get your whole head in front of the shotgun before pulling the trigger and painting your last self portrait you dumb khunt....
but battling with depression myself, i hope i won't get to this point!
Yeah, that's what I took from it, too. It's unfortunate this ending is a product of negative reactions in test screenings. The original ending sounds much more appropriate and far less problematic. This turned out to be one of my biggest problems with the movie and and totally undermined the themes.
shareFunny, I didn't take it that way at all... I took it as she had a problem she didn't know how to solve, and she feared it would kill her family. In a situation like that, and you feel it's all your fault and you're powerless, it makes sense.
Obviously this is a movie, not reality, but I think it is a good allegory of how people with depression often think, why? Because I struggled with it for over a decade, I would know. It doesn't have to end in death, it's never totally hopeless, but it sure feels like it a lot when you're depressed.
God Bless ~Amy
No Diana wasn't a metaphor for depression. There were audio tapes that proved Diana's existence and like the whole family including the dead fathers. Why would depression kill the fathers?
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