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So WTF Happened?

posted 3 years ago by ElKabong1940 (315)
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Does Toller have cancer? Does he find peace and redemption in Mary's arms? I think the writer could not come up with a decent ending, so he left everything hanging and let the viewer come up with his or her own ending!

[–] ChipDouglas (1602) 2 years ago

In an interview the writer said he purposefully wanted the ending to be a toss up. He held multiple test screenings and kept re-editing the film until the surveyed audience was split 50/50 on what happened.