There is no direct reference to this mirror ever again. No comment is made on it and it only appears on the screen for a few seconds. Towards the start of the film, the Young Woman enters Jake's car and pulls down the sun visor to see that the mirror inside has been cracked.
It should also be noted that the film makes numerous references to other artworks the musical Oklahoma, the song Baby It's Cold Outside, the film A Woman Under the Influence, a review of A Woman Under the Influence and the painting Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (which deserves its own analysis of how it's relevent to the film), among others. The two characters we see in the film are extensions of the Janitor since they are figments of his imagination. Jake is how the Janitor imagines his younger self to be and the Young Woman is the memory of someone the Janitor saw decades ago. It needs to be established that the "hidden meaning" of the film is that Jake and the Young Woman are not real and are just a fantasy playing out in the Janitor's mind to take his mind off of suicidal thoughts. However, there is one throwaway moment that I haven't really seen get discussed, but I think it's one of the most genius moments in the film. Needless to say, it's a film that can invoke hours of endless discussion since there's always something hidden in each scene. It is a film dense with symbolism and eclectic references, and never once does it really call attention as to what is really happening.
#Im thinking of ending things stills movie#
(2002)Ĭharlie Kaufman's I'm Thinking of Ending Things is probably my favourite movie of the last 10 years.
Spoilers for I'm Thinking of Endings Things (2020) and Adaptation.
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