2006-08-20 10:38:54 · 4 answers · asked by udontnome 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The movie is told in reverse. The car crash at the end was really the beginning of the story. The psychiatrist, in his mind, put all the people who were at the accident scene, into different roles in an attempt to undo the inevitable. For example; Naomi Watts at the accident was a complete stranger to the doctor and claimed she was a nurse; in the doctor's mind, she became his girlfriend and was an art teacher. The same with the man who was supposed to be Ryan Goslings' father and the doctor's mentor. He just happened to be at the scene of the accident.
Watch it again , with this in mind and you'll see what I mean.
2006-08-20 11:20:17 · answer #1 · answered by scourgeoftheleft 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My take on it, was that it was all about Ryan Gosling's brain, trying to make sense of all the sights, and sounds, and people around him, as he was dying. That was why there were all of the surreal, dream-like images. Kind of like if a television, or radio is left on as you are drifting off to sleep, and the images work their way into your dreams.
2006-08-20 17:59:30 · answer #2 · answered by lunaburning 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This movie focuses on the attempts of a psychiatrist to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide, while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.
2006-08-20 17:46:40 · answer #3 · answered by < Roger That > 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I could tell, it was about a guy whose pants didn't fit.
2006-08-20 18:11:03 · answer #4 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋