I saw this film on WABC a week or two ago and was very impressed by it. I'm surprised that it hasn't been picked up by Sundance or IFC because it would probably appeal to that type of audience more than a mainstream audience.
The ending is pretty open-ended, which seems to annoy some people, but I think it's pretty clear that Whiley represents a negative aspect of American society that has no tolerance for anything or anyone different from the consensus norm.
At the end, he's just going to move on to the next town and do
the same thing he did to Brewster.
I was reminded a bit of that Twilight Zone episode where the aliens make the electricity go off and on in various small town residents' houses, causing them to turn on each other and kill each other off, one by one.
Things haven't changed that much since then.
The ending is pretty open-ended, which seems to annoy some people, but I think it's pretty clear that Whiley represents a negative aspect of American society that has no tolerance for anything or anyone different from the consensus norm.
At the end, he's just going to move on to the next town and do
the same thing he did to Brewster.
I was reminded a bit of that Twilight Zone episode where the aliens make the electricity go off and on in various small town residents' houses, causing them to turn on each other and kill each other off, one by one.
Things haven't changed that much since then.