What do you think *SPOILER ALERT*
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Nocturnal Animals
The_Boxing_Cat — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 12:33 PM)
I think Edward's novel is NOT about his life, but rather it's about SUSAN'S CURRENT LIFE and how she and her (current) daughter- the one she calls whilst reading his manuscript.
Maybe: Tony Hastings is actually Hutton, not Edward, and of course Laura is Susan and India is the daughter she telephoned.
At first I thought it represented the abortion and Edward and Susan's life together. But after much thought, I think it's pure REVENGE by Edward.
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MasterlessSamurai — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 08:45 PM)
I've been reading all kinds of fantastical theories, but really the movie is not that deep. That all the characters except Tony/Edward were manifestations of Susuan's persona, that he had cancer, committed suicide, so on and so on.
What I gathered from the film was that Susan now at a low point in her life, in a loveless marriage where she is being cheated on by her husband, Hutton ( good luck getting a man that good looking to be faithful ) her work is passionless and mundane, she is surrounded by the fake, the processed, sleep deprived, utterly miserable, and isolated.
The novel served as a simple "look I did it, proved you wrong" showing to her that he could write a novel, however he attained the necessary particulars through extreme pain and loss. One of the themes of the film was that Susan was not truly a creative, she knew this later in her life.
Edward's novel, and standing her up at the restaurant did two things.- Left her, and compounded the reality, alone and broken, just as she had left him.
- Will now brand her with so much hurt, it will give life to her art.