The ingeniousness of this film is that the protagonist in the novel, Tony, has mapped out, both Edward in reality and Susan in reality. for example:
Tony at the moment is Susan, wife can be replaced by husband, Susan also gave up Edward because of fear of the unknown future. In the novel, Tony "throws it away" and never sees his wife and daughter again. In reality, Susan "throws it away" and never sees her husband and daughter again.
It is also Susan at the moment, describing the daughter (fertilized egg) who was tortured (crushed) by Ray (tool), and Tony/Susan's remorse.
At this moment, it is Edward himself. A dialogue said two things. I was really weak and powerless at the time, but you can never escape the shadow of me and my child.
Tony (Edward) finally killed his enemy Ray (inner demon), and he (the past self) also died. From writing only from his own perspective in the past, he has evolved into a writer who can write characters from the perspective of others. Not only wrote Edward, who made Susan feel guilty, but also tortured Susan in the third-person soul, and used a specially sent novel "revenge".
The poster of this film is also overlapping with two people. As written on the poster, after 19 years, the two still can't really throw it away.
So, what about you?
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