When Darren Aronofsky reached the end of Hubert Selby Jr.'s novel, he wasn't sure if Harry lived or died. He asked Selby about the character's outcome. The author answered, "Of course, he lives." When Aronofsky asked why he said "of course", Selby responded that the character had to suffer more. The director remembers some debates about trying to give the movie an upbeat ending. He mentions how his generation was raised on TV shows like La famiglia Brady (1969) and Magnum P.I. (1980) where every story is wrapped up nicely by the end, how everything works out fine in most movies and TV shows. "As we all know, it doesn't always work out in the end. Anyone who's lived twenty years on this planet knows that things get f*cked up, and they stay that way." The director didn't want to undermine Selby's message with his version.

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