@Classynigga

3 years ago

The key to understand the film is this word - Sisyphus Do you remember the scene where they talk about Sisyphus , Son of Aeolus? If not, then watch the film again because all of it will start making sense when you have understood the story of Sisyphus, who was the son of Aeolus. The names of these two characters appear more than once the film. Aeolus is the name of the ship they are on. So it is very important. So, what’s the big deal with this name? Well, let me tell you the story of Sisyphus - Son of Aeolus. Sisyphus made a promise to death but he broke it. So death punished him by giving him a task. He had to move a rock up a hill. But as soon as he reached the top, the rock would fall to the bottom again. And he would have to take it to the top again. This was a never ending task because as soon as he reached the top, the rock would fall back to the starting place and he would do it all over again. It was an infinite loop. Is it starting to make some sense now? This is what's happening in Triangle. Jess was a bad and abusive mother so she was being punished. The loop started a long time back and she is stuck in it forever. There are many hints throughout the film. No matter how many times she thinks she broke free, she is still stuck in the loop - As evident by the dead birds on the seashore after the accident. No matter how many changes she makes, she realises that she has done it before. When the accident happens and her son dies, she takes a cab and decides to go back to the yacht. She thinks she will fix everything because now she remembers things and will avoid it the next time. When she gets down from the cab, she promises the driver that she would come back. The driver says - So, I will keep the meter running? You promise you will come back, right? The mysterious taxi driver represents the devil or the ferry man who wants to take her away. He reminds Jess that she has killed her son, who is now dead. He tells her that if she accepts this fact he can take her away. But as we see Jess continues in the loop so that she can eventually go home to see her son again. (She will probably break free if she stops trying to save her son and accept the reality.) Now the questions that bothers most of the people - If she remembers everything, why can’t she save her son during the next loop? Well, that is because whoever is doing this is making sure she forgets everything. When does she forget everything you ask? She forgets everything the moment she takes a nap in the Yacht. Watch the movie again and you will notice that when she wakes up, she looks bewildered. After that, she does not remember the Ship at all. Now, the good thing about art is that everyone interprets it in a different way. There are so many theories but this one made the perfect sense to me.

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