Kontroll

This was a pretty neat movie. I give it credit just for achieving simultaneous uniqueness and greatness amongst all modern movies. Lately, I'm seeing the same movie over and over again. And although it may be interesting, it can't be THAT interesting.
But this movie is different.
I love how there's so many interpretations of all the events in the film. One of my most recent areas of fascination is whether Buschu is the killer or not. At first, I didn't think so because they were physically portrayed as two different bodies. Then after some class discussion, I thought that he might be because it makes symbolic sense and it makes it a little more interesting in a different way. But after even more discussion, I came to the conclusion that it doesn't really have to be a black or white interpretation. The movie is entirely symbolic with parts of it that are based off realistic events and actions. If instead of looking at it as a realistic piece with hints of symbolism, you look at it in the way that I described, you can get a much different analysis of it. It's really interesting.
The way I see it, Buschu is his own character as is everyone else. The Pusher is this symbol of violence, intolerance, anger, frustration, and authority within everyone in the film. The film focuses more on how the pusher is apparent in Buschu at the time. Before Buschu, it was apparent in Leci (I think that was his name?). After the scene where Leci cuts the guy's throat, Buschu, if I'm not mistaken, goes to sleep and we follow his dream sequence through the tunnel, where he meets the Pusher. This is a symbol of him meeting his own newly apparent violence, intolerance, anger, frustration, and authority that Leci once had. Once these emotions are dealt with, they get passed on to the next person. Leci dealt with his by taking it out on a nasty Metro rider (murder = Hell). Buschu ends up releasing it through letting go of the environment that caused all of these emotions (Heaven).