Movies without Endings

摘要

In recent years, films with ambiguous or open-ended conclusions seemingly have been on the rise. Examples would include Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" (2003), Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" (2008), and Christopher Nolan's "Inception" (2010). In each case, it is up to the viewer to decide just what happens next. "Lost" appears to end with no hope for the May-December relationship of Bill Murray and Scarlet Johansson. Both feel a real soul mate connection for each other, yet they are locked into unhappy relationships-but then Murray whispers something into her ear, and the potential for romance rebounds. Maybe he has suggested a scenario straight out of "An Affair to Remember" (1957), where the equally unavailable to each other Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr decide to meet again in six months, if they feel their random shipboard romance really is love.