The End(in theaters now) is like no other movie this year.

But its maker insists the movies politically pointed portrait of our species self-destruction is, ultimately, hopeful.

Soft-spoken but impassioned, Oppenheimer smiles as he recalls this unusual shopping trip.

Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon in ‘The End’

Tilda Swinton as Mother and Michael Shannon as Father in ‘The End.‘NEON

How might that be a process that largely served to ease your own regrets?

Some critics have been thrown byThe Ends sincere construction.

[Its] a film about delusion.

As a result, this earnest film presents the family as both farce and tragedy.

It was a delicate balance.

Im quite convinced that thats more than just a silver lining.