End of a Film - End of a Dream

Thought-errant: that your reaction to the intentionally ambiguous end of a film is akin to your recalling a dream just after you’ve woken up. In both cases, your emotional and intellectual thought processes are sort of blurred together along with your memory — so, in my opinion, whatever you interpret to have happened (along with its intended meaning) is entirely, legitimately up to you. Is the ending of the film optimistic or pessimistic? Was the end of the dream foreboding or celebratory? Your emotional and intellectual journey to that moment determines what you think, and that process is entirely unique to you. In the case of the dream, it’s your own imagination that’s led you there. In the case of the film, it’s someone else’s imagination.