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I love-hated Chinatown because the ending is so damn nihilistic. What are some other entertaining movies that have similar endings? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: PostScript, I found a good article.

https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2020/01/its-chinatown-jake-the-joys-of-the-unhappy-ending/

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[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Lots of spoilers.

Brazil, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film)

You are lobotomized and you are happy. Kinda the dream really, I would get one tomorrow if I could be assured of the outcome.

Delicatessen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicatessen_(1991_film)

You kill the person trying to kill you for meat. Maybe that's happy

Betty Blue

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Blue

You smother with a pillow the only person who understands you after she loses her mind

12 Monkeys https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Monkeys

We are all insane, but least insane wins (loses horribly).

I could go on but you see what my life is like.

narrator- he did go on

Bonus: Apocalyplse Now https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now

You go insane and try to do the right thing to find redemption, to achieve this you kill people

Inception

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception

You have no idea if you have lost the plot (are living in reality) or not, at the end you don't care.

Older.

Un Chien Andalou.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_Chien_Andalou

Buñuel and Dali team up, you rape a young woman, you end up buried in sand on the beach.

The Quiet Earth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Earth_(film)

You think you are the last man on earth, then you find a chick, you bang her, then she finds a more virulent dude. You let them both die.

ETA: added context. 2nd edit formatting

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Betty Blue was such a sad movie. Good film, but heartbreaking.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

It is absolutely devastating, and I wish that was my life at the same time.

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