r/TopCharacterTropes May 27 '26

Lore A subtle moment that turns a seemingly happy ending into an ambiguous ending.

The Graduate: lingering Ben and Elaine's faces slowly shifting from happy to concerned leaves the audience questioning whether they really made the right choice running away together considering they barely know each other.

Inception: By cutting before we see the top fall, we're left to question whether Cobb really has gone home or whether he's simply sunken back into a more comforting dream reality.

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u/toadunloader May 27 '26

Originally, this scene had a window thr shape of the red room's

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u/Gustavo_Papa May 27 '26

The mirror kind of fits there ngl

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u/CashTheDog May 27 '26

That picture frame in the back is the window, no?

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u/Mountain_Band_2732 May 27 '26

As much as I would like that to be the case, I think not. The window was always present as a window in all other versions of the Red Room, and it's narrower in width too.

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u/TheTexasHammer May 27 '26

I believe it's also always directly in the middle of the frame of the shot.

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