Posted by cloudnin at 24-117-7-182.cpe.cableone.net on June 11, 2003 at 01:38:46:
In Reply to: Just watched the 25th Hour *spoilers* posted by cynicalderek on June 11, 2003 at 01:08:50:
In Spike Lee's commentary, he says pretty conclusively that he's going to jail and the fantasy sequence was nothing more than what might have been (I'm pretty sure his dad didn't even say any of those things we heard in the voice over). I haven't read the book yet though so I don't know if it's open-ended in the book and that's just Lee's interpretation or that's the definitive answer. I would have liked the movie less if the avoiding jail fantasy was anything more than that. The movie is about a guy's last day before going to prison for 7 years and then, surprise, he's not going to prison.