The dissonant realities are perhaps an allegory to Greg’s desire to escape his mundane routine and reach a semblance of bliss. The idea behind the brain box is to experience different realities that can provide varied social situations. The stark differences between the two realities depict the class conflict wrapped as a social commentary in the film. In a scurried attempt to escape, Isabel and Greg consume the blue crystals and get transported back to the ragged streets of Los Angeles. Unfortunately, their paradisical life is hampered by a glitch in their reality, and they resort to the yellow crystals to evade the dissonance. They interact with wealthy people at parties, even meet a holographic Slavoj Zizek, the famous philosopher. Greg and Isabel spend some time in the pristine world, enjoying their bliss. He is apparently a scientist, and so is Isabel, who actually devised the thought visualizer. Bliss Ending: Which is The Real World?Īs Greg is transported to the reality that resembles the world from his drawings, he realizes that he has a privileged position. Isabel and Greg are scientists in this reality who experiment with simulations that help them acknowledge their privileges by exploring difficult realities. As soon as Greg takes in the crystals through a strange metal device, he is transported to a laboratory where he is connected to a thought visualizer. They are short on the required number of crystals but still go ahead with their plan. Buoyed by their new power, Greg and Isabel embark on a whimsical journey where they bench the strains and stresses of life and try to understand the meaning of existence.Īs the simulation draws to a heady moment with Greg and his daughter’s confrontation, Isabel picks up some blue crystals that can transport them to a blissful reality. The two consume yellow crystals, a kind of drug that grants them the power to bend the laws of physics and reshape reality. Greg is visibly confused, but the idea of having a care-free disposition draws him closer to Isabel.
Isabel tells Greg that the world they live in is actually a simulation and the people around them are fake. He hides the body and strays to a bar where he meets Isabel ( Salma Hayek), who seems like the lady in his drawings, but is shrouded in a free-spirited persona. Eventually, his boss fires him, and in a bizarre accident, Greg ends up killing him. Greg’s boss calls him for a meeting, and he tries to lay it off. He is not invested in his job and spends his time drawing sketches of distant places and figures that seem to be a figment of his imagination. Greg Wittle ( Owen Wilson) works in a call center named Technical Difficulties.
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