Unresolved Plot Threads: Magic or Madness?

Endings are crucial. The feeling an ending gives an audience is the feeling they leave the cinema with. It’s the feeling that will colour their perception of their whole experience and the whole film. How do unresolved plot threads make an audience feel? Often, creating a satisfying ending means tying up the major plot threads. Sometimes, films and their fans can take this too far, leaving no room for ambiguity or mystery. Jim Emerson pokes fun at the idea that

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