its like 3 am and i just watched it, was the killer the drunk? and he died in a fire?
shareThat's what they lead you to believe.
Don't say "IMO", we know it's your opinion; you're the one who posted it.
... yet it is not so..? it sounded like you think it's someone else. i'm interested.
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shareIt was the girl-heavy, oddly-utilised, 'drop-out' friend he made in art class.
share<i>It was the girl-heavy, oddly-utilised, 'drop-out' friend he made in art class. </i>
Yeah, thats my theory. While Broadbent's character is made to look like the killer in the end, my take on it was that he never left his apartment. He couldn't seek his own inspiration, and the other guy had no artistic capabilities, so they had like a symbiotic relationship. I can't remember what exactly it was that made me concoct this theory, though when i watched it, like you say, I had the definate feeling that yer man was oddly-utilized.
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shareI hadn't thought about that but it's a decent theory.
Originally I thought that the old drunk Jimmy could have just been inspired by the killings to make the paintings however the paintings he made contained pieces and materials that were taken from the murdered people. And in the first person scene where the cash register woman is murdered, we see the killer go into her purse and take objects out. Objects that appear in Jimmy's paintings.
So Jimmy is most likely the killer. However it is possible that the drop out friend was the killer, and he gave the objects to the old drunk as inspiration for the old drunk to paint. It would be a good way to divert attention away from him.
I wondered whether Jerome WAS the killer after all. Did Jimmy or the drop-out really exist, or could they have been Jerome's mental constructs? Jerome started spouting Jimmy's misanthropic views on humanity (as though they were in sync), and he also attempted suicide. Feel free to rip my theory to shreds.
"By being alive he is blocking his own way. From this, he derives the proof that he is alive."
Where did he get the paintings from then? And he wasn't in town when the killing's started, plus his lawyer has enough evidence to stop him from even going to trial.
Interesting way to interpret it though. Of course, Jerome is responsible for everyone who died in the fire anyway, which is maybe worse.
Maybe he painted them. We don't actually know his whereabouts at all times, when the murders began. I don't know. Maybe i'm looking at it as a subtext rather than a literal happening.
"Just forget you ever saw it. It's better that way."
I hate it when people do what you just did. Jimmy and Jerome's drop out friend existed.
How do you do that? You just watch a movie and pretend that the other characters are figments of the protagonists imagination?
Do you have a lot of imaginary friends?
I suppose I was looking at subtext. It's all relevant.
Just forget you ever saw it. It's better that way.
Did Jimmy or the drop-out really exist, or could they have been Jerome's mental constructs?
"It was the girl-heavy, oddly-utilised, 'drop-out' friend he made in art class."
I watched the movie the other day on PBS yet don't remember what she looked like. What exactly did she look like? Hair color/style, how did she dress etc?
There was a few girls he talked to.
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I think they're referring to the guy he makes friends with in the drawing class, the one who introduces Jerome to the drunk.
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