I've searched the threads on this but could find nothing - how do interpret that final scene - Kurt seeing a white car going in the same direction he is - must have some significance I just can't think of anything unless he is fantasizing but it doesn't seem that way - but a great ending to a great movie
sharethe car you're referring to is the same exact car he had been searching for the previous night. you see, the driver, a blonde girl in a T-Bird, had flirted with him at a stoplight. however, his frantic search comes to no avail, and he's forced to seek the help of disc jockey "Wolfman Jack". after the DJ agrees to read a dedication on the air, the blonde contacts him by phone and they talk briefly. unfortunately for Kurt though, he never does get to meet his "dream girl". when Kurt sees her car out the window of the plane, it probably felt like pouring salt in the wound. That was my impression anyway.
sharei am so sorry. i completely forgot to give a "spoiler alert" before my last post. after i realized my mistake, i tried to go back and delete it. unfortunately i could'nt figure out how to do it. again i apoligize for my agrievance.
share... when Kurt sees her car out the window of the plane, it probably felt like pouring salt in the wound.
The blonde in the T-bird represents the siren call of the small town. Curt is battling with himself on whether to go out on his own to college, or stay in the same town with his friends. By going to college he has to take risks, but doing so can lead him to achieve great things like becoming a successful writer, as we see in the ending credits. If he stayed and lived comfortably in the town, he might end up like John Milner, i.e. being 17 forever, or just generally unfulfilled.
It's an example of a situation when the only thing holding us back from achieving, is ourselves.
I saw this movie at the theater when I was 10 years old and that final scene as he looks down and sees the T Bird was the visual that stayed with me for years. It made me sad. I knew on the first viewing that the car was the T Bird.
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