u/Skecsii

Hello! I just finished Federico Fellini’s film. Sadly i was not fully immersed in all parts. (maybe due to the fact i watched it in a lying down position which made me sleepy😭) I have seen All That Jazz a long time ago, and I could really see parallels which were interesting. But for sure i will give it a rewatch, because something was so fascinating in it, something untouchable.

The main thing I want to talk about is the ending. I read that the common interpretation of the “suicide” scene is that it is not real. The main character does not commit suicide in the literal sense, he kills his ego, he lets go of the movie he wanted to make, and what happens after the scene with the gun, is his redemption in real life. (if i understand correctly)

But for me, it is much more appealing that the suicide was real. He struggled, he could not find any happiness in any of his women, he could not reconnect with his wife, he could not make his film. And the producers made everything, they spent the money. (and the money problem is very easily forgotten in the former interpretation) So in his last desperate act he ends his life. I think that the scenes after are really his redemption, but only in his “post-death-visions”.

I know art is meant to be interpreted in more ways. I just want to see if someone else has the same views as me.