Product: Casualties of War [UMD for PSP] (1989)
Rating: 5.0
thoughts on the ending
Many people (including the great Pauline Kael) have an interpretation of the ending that differs from mine. I do not think the ending offers 'phony uplift', not do i think that having hime come out of a dream it diminishes the reality of what has happened before.For me, Ericsson is still tortured by what has happened, which is why he can't help staring at the women (played by the same actress as the girl who was raped and murdered). And when the music rises to a crescendo and Ericsson looks up to the sky, its clear to me that he can only half believe that his torment is over. Certainly he seems grateful to be out of that hellish world, but the experience has left a mark on him that will never be outlived.