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feotakahariOf course Richard doesn't understand Manny's motivations!
Richard is commonly interpreted as death, but I think he's more like entropy or oblivion. He represents the erasure of facts, either by forgetting, or by the destruction of the things those facts are about.
Richard is "opposite" to Evan because Evan wants people to know the facts about Jacket's murder spree. He thinks Evan will "never understand" because entropy is inevitable. In the long run, Evan's book will also be forgotten, so to Richard, writing is pointless but understandable.
Manny kills people to become famous. From Richard's perspective, he's causing oblivion as a way to prevent oblivion. He can't process the contradiction.
Richard is commonly interpreted as death, but I think he's more like entropy or oblivion. He represents the erasure of facts, either by forgetting, or by the destruction of the things those facts are about.
Richard is "opposite" to Evan because Evan wants people to know the facts about Jacket's murder spree. He thinks Evan will "never understand" because entropy is inevitable. In the long run, Evan's book will also be forgotten, so to Richard, writing is pointless but understandable.
Manny kills people to become famous. From Richard's perspective, he's causing oblivion as a way to prevent oblivion. He can't process the contradiction.
