I think it's interesting that though the therapist is often in the right ball-park, she really doesn't succeed in reaching through to Peter... is he just too far gone already, or is she missing something?
It's definitely left ambiguous, though I would hover (flap my way) toward 'no'... her reaction to the accusations in the club seem genuine and of course we often see Loew talking to himself when no-one is there.
Peter believes that. But, as this movie mixes reality with imagination, it seems to be, that she is real. I personally think, that she exists only in his imagination.
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@sprocket she was great, so willing to go there! i think it gets little blurry what is actually really happening with the therapist and what is hallucination..love that ambiguity,
same with rachel the vampire, she was great too, what a vampire / hallucination
his treatment of alva is a good example of how disturbing and hilarious this film is at the same time..he is awful but think of all those hilarious scenes... "am i getting through to you...Alva!" "ther you are!" "too late, too late too late"
I find the scenes with Alva very troubling... I think she's well played enough that we care about her, but her persuit and abuse has some of the quality of The Shining, in which the film is caught up in the charcter's delusions and so we are made somewhat complicit. There's still a dark humor there, but I don't think it becomes sadistic.
-- Edited by Sprocket on Sunday 30th of October 2011 09:16:17 PM