1. Fridge Magnets Spell Out Hints
This hint is straightforward enough: use fridge magnets to spell out certain things in the background as Vision's attempts to pull Sean back into reality.
2. Each Chapter Is A message
I found out about this method through the video game 'Dead Space' [Spoiler Warning] the first letter of each chapter reveals the plot twist at the end of the game:
I found this out a few years ago and have always wanted to utilise this in a film but this would require chapters. I decided to include chapters in Grit partially to be able to use this hint; the other reason being the fact I could use the titles themselves to also be hints (more on that shortly).
I didn't want a lot of chapter titles so I needed a short word that would hint at the ending or the truth about the film. I came up the word UNREAL defined on dictionary.com as:
The titles themselves are also planned to be hints:
U -
N - Nine
R - Rapariga Misteriosa
This translates from to English as 'Mysterious Girl' to go with the scene when Sean follows an unknown woman who met up with one of his contracts.
E -
A - Aiding Me
This is simply an anagram of the word 'Imagined' it fits in with the film as Sean helps Perry with the deal and the subsequent shootout.
L - L
Mention the fact they get messed up too
3. The Reflections Say All
The only character that will have a reflection is Vision: this is to suggest that he is real and the others aren't.
With the updated version of Grit: Sean, Zoe, Perry and Vision are all real people. However as only Vision is physically real in the delusion he will still be the only character with a reflection.
4. The Extras
There will only be 4 extras in Grit for about 8 or so roles, therefore characters in the background in one shot will be played by the same person in a different shot. This is to suggest at the idea that when we are dreaming, we don't pay attention to the 'decorations' in these dreams. When we dream, based on my experiences, we don't create too much detail for people that are populating the dreams that aren't directly a part of that dream. Therefore by making the 'filler people' the same few faces this may help to suggest towards this or at least provoke questions from the audience.
5. The First Rule...
There are 2 Fight Club references in Grit: the first is a copy of the film in the background and the other is a line said by Perry: "The first rule of drug dealing is you don't talk about drug dealing." This is because of how similar the base plots are between Grit and Fight Club: a character creating a false lifestyle for themselves.
6. None of The Characters Touch Each Other
This is again to hint towards the fact that all the characters are just one person. Because the True Protagonist is being all of these people he cannot physically be one person and touch another. This is to provoke questions also.
7. Only Sean See's Vision.
Although Grit tricks the audience into thinking Vision is Sean's imaginary friend, the fact that only these two can communicate with one another suggests that they are the same person: Vision being the reality side and Sean being the delusional side.
8. Single Frame Splices
These are hints towards the fact that Sean and Vision are the same person. There will be two single frame splices of Vision overlaying a shot of Sean. One of which will be during the mirror scene.
9. Robson or Jensen?
The fact that everyone seems to forget Robson's name and instead call him Jensen is a direct reference towards the drug Respidoral that the True Protagonist is taking. One of the side effects being memory loss. It also hints at the inconsistency of the film and makes us question why they forgot such a thing as someone's name: especially Perry who mentions him as if he's known him for some time.
10. Infinite Ammo
The gunfight exposes this inconsistency the most: Sean and anyone else for that matter ever reloads their gun. This is not a mistake in continuity but instead a hint that what we're seeing isn't as real as we thought it was. Something like not reloading a gun is quite synonymous in actions these days and a lot of people seem to notice this continuity error. By placing it in Grit it helps to provoke questioning on the believability of the world.
11. What Was It Called?
The drugs Perry is selling are going to be called Resps. which is an abbreviation for Respidoral: a drug used to combat psychological disorders and the drug that the True Protagonist will be taking. Respidoral helps the taker to think clearly and
12. Passing Comments
Throughout the film Vision makes two cryptic comments:
This clue is Vision (AKA the side of the TP aware that he's having delusions) suggesting that Sean (AKA the delusional side of the TP) is an addict. This could be a reference to the treatment drugs the TP is using or the fact that the TP is a drug addict: drugs being one of the main causes for Delusional Disorders.
This clue is, in it's simplest form, the delusional side of the TP telling his reality side that he's betraying him. We know that Perry isn't real and therefore is being controlled by Sean AKA the delusional side of the TP. So Sean might as well be saying this himself but is so far into his delusion he has forged a false conversation to make this point. Vision then accuses Sean of saying it: clocking onto the fact that he knows it's Sean saying this really. Sean, obviously delusional, denies it: instead saying that it was Perry.
Confusing I know but a very subtle hint.
13. Time and Date
The time is only showed twice in the film but the time depicted is the exact same: 19:26 and the date is only referred to as "the third". Translate those to letters and you get SZC, rearrange them to spell SCZ and you then have the medical acronym for Schizophrenia.
This hint could be regarded as clutching at straws for being so obscure but it's there for the dedicated hunters. I do like to just hide as many hints into a film as possible, no matter how hard to spot they are.
14. Character's Names
Take the first letter of each character in order that we see them:
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| Update: Emmet's surname is now Nash. |
We get Schizophrenia.
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