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The movie called Thirteen.
Has anybody ever watched the movie "Thirteen"?
It's the most amazing movie I have ever seen in my entire life. The only thing is, I've seen it a couple of times, but I don't understand the ending. After her mom finds out she cuts, they do and like sleep for what seems like days. Then, Tracy wakes up, and the next thing you know it's in like a dream - like state, and she's on the spinny thing that she was on in the beginning of the movie. Did she commit suicide? Did she end up going back to the person she was before she met her brunette friend? (I forget her name lol). This was the most amazing movie I've ever watched in my entire life, I just don't understand the ending. Can anyone help me?
P.S. The 'spinny thing' I'm referring to is one of those circular toys at most playgrounds that spin around and around. I don't know what it's called, sorry.
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LOL thanks..i just know my stuff ;)
I very much doubt there is a second one (especially due to that open ending!)...and I hope there isnt another one on its way..because
A) it would NOT be anywhere as good as the first ione (most sequels have this habbit)
and B) it would ruin the first one :(
If you like independant films...you should watch Donnie Darko if you havent already. Again, what an AMAZING film!!
The independant films usually are amazing in their own way though because they are so different from Hollywood or Mainstream film making. They also tackle subjects that other film makes dont dare to approach (eg..that horrific scene where she cuts herself)!
Im glad i helped you though :)
Any more questions and i shall do my best to answer them!
Take care!
- Alex
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I totally agree. Right..i will explain everything!!!!
When Tracy is on the Round- about/Merry-go-round at the end, the film looks almost distorted (you said "dream like"), you can interpret this effect in any way you want. personally i feel it adds to the effect of the film, whilst being symbolic to how her life was so dustored previously.
The endng is an open ending, and you asking those questions means that the director has successfully achieved the ending she wanted, as you are wondering what happened!
I like to think that tracy started fresh...the scream at the end to me is symbolic of her letting go, getting it all out of her system in preperation to start again and she had left the Evie-created Tracy behind. I dont know if she made amends with Noel (that's her name haha)because Tracy had changed ALOT since she was friends with her. I doubt Noel had even held a boys hand..however, Tracy, as we both know had gone ALOT further than holding hands.
She wont see Evie again seeing as her and Brooke moved away, as Brooke explained in the scene where Travy's mother dicovered everything.
Howver, whatever REALLY happened in the end (and we WILL never know for certain) i can establish that Tracy would most probably grow up to be a very distubed individual for the next few years. She would move on eventually, but there will alwyas be a part of Evie within her.
Also the part where they are on the bed, and the switching of positions simeltaniously to the days changing is symbolic of Tracy's and her mother's relationship throughout the film.
At the beginning, they are embracing eachother, then half way through, they are back to back, meaning that Tracy turned her back on her mother,and for a while dismissed her existance almost. However, at the end they are mainly facing eachother which is what i interpret as them making ammends slowly, but are not as strong as they used to be (hence the fact they are not in an embrace like they were in the beginning).
When analysing a film, unless yu are set a specific question (like in an exam) you are open to any interpretarion you want (just like poetry or lyrics or a book). This is what the creator intends to do, . I consider any piece of work whether its a film, lyrics or even a drawing that makes you think, is a work of art.
You picked up on one of the best sequences in the film!!
Im sorry if this is a bt technical..i do Film Studies and LOVE reading into and analysing films. This was actually a sequence i have been dying to explain for a long time now, so thankyou for the opertunity! :
I hope this helped.
Watch it again...then buy it from somewhere like Amazon, or play.com
This is one of the best independsnt films ever, and is in my top 5 favourte movies.
(and a bit of Trivia..Evie (Nikki Reed) was the co-writer..and it was basedon what happened to her in teen ages. she was fourteen or fifteen when she played Evie!
Sorry this was long, bt i tried to incclude everything! haha
Take care, and continue to watch brilliant movies! :D
-Alex
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It is a very good movie.
I'm not sure, but I think the end of the movie is supposed to be up for interpretation.
When I watch it, I think the merry go round (or the spinny thingy;]) is supposed to represent her life. As in, it was crazy, and she felt like her head was spinning, etc. But in the end, everything turned out alright, and everything will be alright for her.
I don't think it had anything to do with suicide though. But hey, it is pretty vague. It could mean just about anything.
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Yea...i Watched it too but i dont get the ending either.....lol
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Her friend's name is Evie.
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That should help.
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