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 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.