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@@truecrimeboozer actually truecrimeboozer- I’d never do anything like that 😉 but I tip my hat to your good taste and kind suggestion! Oh my England!

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Spoilers ahead obviously. I think the answer you're looking for was given by the mother in one of the scenes of the movie, when Adam asks if all he's experiencing is real. His mother asks if it feels real, Adam responds with yes, and she says "well there you go then". Yes, the conversations with his parents are just in his head, and so are all of the interactions with Harry after the initial rejection at Adam's door. But the important part is that to Adam, those *are* real. Do you know those moments when you wake up after a really intense dream, and feel shaken to the core? What happens in your head *is* really important, and has a real impact on you. In the movie, he's likely experiencing all of this in the context of a script he's writing (he is a screenwriter after all). He's writing the script of how if it was possible he would want these things to go, because it's what he feels he needs to resolve this knot in his chest. After the diner, where there's catharsis and his parents say goodbye for real, Adam is ready to make decisions, to open up and to move forward with life. This is why he goes to Harry's apartment. He probably knows that what he had with Harry before was also just in his head, but he's ready to let Harry in this time. Unfortunately in this case it ended up in another trauma, and he has to go into his head to process it again. The moment he has with Harry then are how he deals with the grief of losing this idea of loving someone he only met once. But now he's able to deal with it. Harry's fears mirror his own, but Adam is OK with confronting them, and knows it will be OK. He's learned how to move forward. The actual screenplay for the movie ends with these lines, which I think capture the essence of the ending well: As the song builds, Adam holds Harry tighter, comforted at last, cared for at last, no longer strangers. Harry’s breathing slows. “Love is the light, scaring darkness away”. As the music soars, we pull away from them. It seems like they are almost dancing, swaying together, for how long we won’t ever know. Further and further we come. Out of the room. Spiralling. Into the night. Adam and Harry fall away as we rise into the stars. Finally, as the music crescendos, Adam and Harry are no more than a glint in the dark sky. A guide not a warning. “Make love your goal”.

We were waiting to confirm a few of the films, though now we have screenings available to book for all the films in the trailer.

Cheers Reg !!!

He doesn't say they were outsiders of the gay world. He says they are outsiders within the world, including their own families.