Someone asked in another comment about why Matt, played by Peter Outerbridge, would give his life to Sandra, Molly Parker. It is simple. After reading the short story "We So Seldom Look On Love" written by Canadian author Barbara Gowdy ("The White Bone"), I came to understand the movie a little better. Matt is infatuated with Sandra. To be with her is complicated. The simplicity of love itself is not an issue here. He knows he cannot have her true love because that only goes to her "special" lovers. To truly feel, she must indulge herself in her passion. Matt is powerless and cannot give Sandra what she wants, until the end. He knows that only then can she love him completely. When Matt hangs himself, he crosses over and can be loved by Sandra the way he wants to be loved by her. As she performs her loving touch on him as one of her many lovers, Matt has become hers in mind, body and soul. He will be inside of her forever, the way he wanted to be.
Review of Kissed
