In my extreme view, the whole story is Funk's imagination.
The line at the beginning of the film says that if you close your eyes, you will dream in broad daylight, but now I have opened my eyes.
In the stage play at the beginning, the dialogue is on stage and in the play, while the picture is behind the stage and outside the play. I think it's a metaphor.
All of this is his own imagination when he stands behind the curtain, when the play ends, when the applause sounds.
He wants to be famous, to go to Hollywood, and to have a panic about the outside world, like what everyone fears the most is what hasn't happened yet.
He imagined that he was a success because of this stage play, but also felt that the road ahead was bumpy. He hoped that someone would appreciate it, but he was worried that no one would really help him.
He has a kind of worry about the opportunity of this idea, and he is afraid that he is not competent. He imagined a Bole, a partner, a servant, an idol, a woman, and a police detective. They all appear to help themselves, and each one brings more trouble to themselves. No one can really help him.
It seems that every second of waiting for the announcement is a torment, pretending to be calm, telling yourself that you can, that you can succeed, any troublesome self-confidence immediately turns into depression. Frequent nightmares, dreaming that the teacher gave a high score, hesitating and failing again.
This is a contest of self, constantly persuading oneself, and constantly overturning all comforts, a long tug of war.
The reason why this movie is not easy to watch is not that it is obscure and difficult to understand (it is not that it is not difficult to understand, but that you can understand it any way you want, and "understanding" is not the place to be embarrassing), nor is it unattractive, Instead, there are too many details, too much information and unclear meaning, which makes people confused, fearful and overwhelmed without focus. The lengthy foreshadowing and the sharp turn made people panic.
This anxiety is exactly what it wants to create.
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