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Originally Posted by V
From the director:
This is how I saw the movie. There is no vindication for Andrew. Only for Fletcher, and he will use it to keep his thumb on Andrew. To me the ending is dark and depressing, which mixes interestingly with the exhiliration of the drum solo.
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I didn't see it that way at all -- I saw it as they both finally found what they were looking for and, even if their careers did not continue, that moment on stage was the pinnacle for both of them and they'd earned a mutual respect for each other. Finally Andrew understood what he was trying to do, and Fletcher finally got the genius performance he was looking for his entire life. The most powerful moment in the movie is when Fletcher fixes his cymbal for him -- earlier in the film had that happened he would have just yelled at him and kicked him off the stage. But at the end he knows he has finally accomplished his goal and is witnessing genius.