Owen ends the film with a better idea of who he is, but all alone. Writer-director Jane Schoenbrun breaks down the ending of their psychological thriller.The surreal, decades-spanning meditation on identity, repression, and self-discovery follows the awkward and insecure teen as he navigates suburban adolescence in the '90s.
They continue, "What we then see happen, though, is repression really sets in; the show is canceled, Maddie disappears, Owens' mother passes away. These three maternal signals that are nurturing him are stripped away. And he begins this deterioration that, of course, tracks him over a long period of time, where he doesn't have the courage to conjure that glow again anywhere except the screen. And now the glow that's coming from the screen feels sinister and limiting.
While writing the script in the early stages of their transition, Schoenbrun says, "I was trying to make a work that could feel incredibly authentic to how that really feels, rather than the kind of Hallmark card, Disney versions of transition that we see in Hollywood films written by cis people who are trying to capture something authentic but are trying to create a shallow version of representation on screen.
Just as it takes years for Owen to work up the courage to look inside himself, Schoenbrun knows they have a long road to self-acceptance ahead of them. "This isn't something that happens the moment you see that glow inside you," they add. "In fact, I think it takes years, if not a lifetime, to undo that damage.
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