Nothing will prepare you for the unsettling, mind-bending artwork that is this new Netflix movie
I’m Thinking of Ending ThingsLike most of Kaufman's work, he leaves the interpretation of his work up to the audience – a delectable film to digest for cinephiles and amateur philosophers that enjoy simmering in a sort of neo-nihilism.
But that's as much of the story there is – instead the whole experience is a sublime essay about a range of philosophical ponderings as the characters flit through haggard changes in the origins. The two selves – the girlfriend with an ever-changing name and Jake – eventually intertwine into a duality that's at odds with each other while existing in the same space.
As the viewer – drawn in sometimes through direct address to the camera – you're constantly challenged by changing narratives and a brittle reality that's coming apart at the seams. If you're familiar with the book, the film sticks to the starting premise, but Kaufman completely changed the ending to better fit his vision and interpretation of the characters' downward spiral into mental obscurity.
The denseness of the semiotics of the film is a mammoth task to dissect for the viewer – imagine how much harder it must have been to be part of it. Jesse Plemons and Jessie Buckley latched onto the weirdness of it all and guided by Kaufman's intense directing style they managed to hold on with deftness and prowess.
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