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== Film ==
* [[David Lynch]]'s works are explicitly this. So much to the point where if anyone on the set of ''[[Inland Empire]]'' asked him what's the plot/symbolism/whatever, he'd quote a passage from an Asian text that basically meant, "We make our own meanings."
{{quote| "We are like the spider. We weave our life and then move along in it. We are like the dreamer who dreams and then lives in the dream. This is true for the entire universe."}}
* "If you understood ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey|2001]]'' completely, we failed. We wanted to raise more questions than we answered." -- [[Arthur C. Clarke]]
** There is enough contradiction between the book and movie to allow for multiple interpretations anyway, as Kubrick was not involved with the former and Clarke never had the last say on anything in the latter (his script having been changed a lot).
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* According to the director of ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday]]'', the infamous [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|beard shaving scene]] was there just to provoke the confused, conversation-sparking reaction that it did.
* The clearest statements anyone has ever got from [[Quentin Tarantino]] himself and his collaborators regarding the contents of the mysterious glowing suitcase in ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' all unequivocally agree that the whole thing was just there ''for the sake'' of providing a mystery. [[Word of God]] stated:
{{quote| "Originally the briefcase contained [the] diamonds [from ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'']. But that just seemed too boring and predictable. So it was decided that the contents of the briefcase were never to be seen. This way each audience member would fill in the blank with their own ultimate contents. All you were supposed to know was that it was 'so beautiful.' (from an interview for Roger Ebert's "Questions for the Movie Answer Man").}}
* ''[[Inception]]'' is clearly designed to provide ammunition for numerous different interpretations of the ending (and the whole film).
* In ''[[Blade Runner]]'', there is intentional ambiguity over whether or not Deckard is a replicant, though some versions of the film are less ambiguous. Ridley Scott saying he is and Harrison Ford saying he isn't. Clearly meant to leave the audience thinking...
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* [[David Bowie]] has written most of his songs this way. When asked about the meaning of lyrics, he's given different answers, but most recently he's claimed that he sometimes just picks words out of magazines and strings them together because he likes the sound.
* [[Bob Dylan]], when asked what his songs were about, replied "Oh [[Henway|some are about three minutes, some are about five minutes]]."
{{quote| '''Interviewer:''' What's your message?<br />
'''Dylan:''' [''mortally offended''] What's my ''message?'' [''brandishes mercury light''] Keep a cool head and always carry a light bulb! }}
* Much of composer Erik Satie's music poked fun at the idea that music needed to serve some grand purpose or be consciously ''about'' anything.
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJDiU98LEWQ This] completely random [[Youtube Poop]], as evidenced by this conversation in the comments:
{{quote| '''sfraser0:''' ''i don't get it.....''<br />
'''CornIceProductions, the guy who made the video:''' ''I do'' }}
 
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