Wednesday, February 7, 2007

David Wilder - The Jacket

I found this film to be amazing. I enjoyed the shock and mystery it contained and the shift in the ending. Stark no longer wanted to avoid death, but just wanted to spend it with Jackie. the film ends an an ambiguous way. At first it seems as if he is completely free from his previous body. He has the scare, but it has no power over him. He is free to live out the rest of his life here. However, the last line made me rethink. "How much time do we have left?" This line could mean two things. First, is what I have previously described. the question is without meaning, it is in fact laughable. They have all the time, there is no going back. On the other hand... it could have devastating meaning. If his life in this time is dependant on his life in the other then it would only be a few moments before he bled to death, unable to continue in his ecstatic state. I really do wish he survives, but I believe he would be content even if it meant his death.

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