ok so i just watched the backrooms movie and after going on tiktok (my first mistake) i’ve seen this comment copied and pasted under a ton of videos:
“Fun fact: So, in the movie, the backrooms creates entities based on the people who have been in the backrooms. Up until the table scene, Clark blamed everyone but himself for the issues in his life. And because of this, the backrooms created Clarks entity to see everyone but Clark as the enemy, causing Clarks entity to attack everyone but Clark.
It was not until after the table scene, when the therapist confronted Clark, telling him that he was the cause of his own issues, that Clark realised that he was the cause of his own issues. And because of this realisation, his entity now saw everyone, including Clark as the enemy, which is why it attacked Clark during this scene and not before.”
there are several things here which i disagree with, but first of all, i really don’t like the way that this is presented as a “fun fact,” aka a truth that is inherent to the movie rather than one of many possible interpretations
secondly, this views clark’s decision/realization as a positive and constructive end to his character arc, and i really don’t think that’s what the film is trying to portray.
i do think that part of that interpretation is correct in that captain clark represents all of clark’s destructive and selfish tendencies, however i don’t think the kitchen scene is clark seeing and taking accountability for his behavior, but instead as him seeing himself as a stagnant object, unable to change and unwilling to try.
he’s not accepting the truth about himself, he’s allowing that part of himself to (literally) consume him.
choosing not to change isn’t acknowledging “who you really are,” it’s simply saying that it’s easier to stay stagnant and to rot in the lonely nothingness that the backrooms represents and that your mind can become than it is to open the window and leave.
