Theorizing Time!: Franklyn

I think that "Franklyn", the apartment, was the doorway to Meanwhile City. But there is something that's really bugging me about this theory...

1. How come Jonathan Preest then can travel between the world without using the apartment/doorway?

2. What's all the faith about?

3. What about the "storyteller" (Milo's) story?

...and here are the answers, atleast what I've come to think of!

Firstly, let's sum up what the fuck is happening;

1. Jonathan Priest is hunting for revenge of the death of some girl (His sister in the real world?) that he couldn't save; His target is The Individual, and he is doing this halfway because of the rulers in Meanwhile City.

2. Emilie is making some weird form of art, in which she's filming her suicide attempts (And also, at one point, she goes to her mom's house and talks about some weird stories that always end in tragedy)

3. Milo's girlfriend Karen just broke up with him, and he's seeing this old flame from his childhood. (But it's all make-believe: She isn't real)

4. Esser is a broken man, searching for his wayward son (David) amongst the rough streets of London's homeless

Now, before we come to my theorizing, this is how the stories ends:
Jonathan Preest, currently staying in the apartment over Emilie, shoot's a bullet into Milo's arm from the window of Emilie's apartment. The bullet was originally ment for Esser, which is known as The Individual in Meanwhile City. Emilie tries to fight with Jonathan before he shoots, but it goes badly and as she crosses into Meanwhile City, she runs out of the apartment right before Preest blows himself to pieces in the real world, where he is known as David. David has lived in a mental institute for the last 4 years, until he broke out. The Institute is trying to get him back. The real question in his storyline is if he really is mad, and Meanwhile City is his "fantasy", or if it is a real place. Esser finds David (he sees him through the window of the restaurant where he and Milo sits. Neither of the characters except Esser and David know each other). Milo is brought to the restaurant by his old flame: Sally, which looks like a cleaned version of Emilie. The movie ends with Emilie and Milo meeting, and apparently falling in love. When we zoom out, we see they are in Meanwhile City; They now have lost all their believes and entered the apartment in different ways.

That is all we get to know in the movie. Except the last line, but that's probably what happened. OK, so here's my theory:

Sally, Milo's old flame, is Emilie's counterpart, and she lives in Meanwhile City. It is Milo's belief, and the "Storyteller"-story is really about giving up the old girlfriend (Karen) and moving on. Jonathan Preest has been granting to kill The Individual by the state in Meanwhile City, as he has been granted to kill Esser in the real world. Why? Because this will help him get better.

Emilie's story is also about letting go: From the beliefs she has, the stories of her dad. Jonathan Preest/David really doesn't believe in anything. Everything he believes in is revenge and these two worlds. All of that exists. Milo believes Karen is the one, and that Sally is an old flame. Sally is his belief, and he only lets go of this until she tells him. Esser has his God, and he never gets out of this belief.

So, basically, Meanwhile City is a little of this and a little of that. It is a City that only the ones that doesn't believe are allowed to really enter. It's like The Matrix-world. You're living in it, but you're not truly THERE until you give up all your beliefs. Then, you are allowed to see the world as it truly is. The Franklyn-apartment can get you in there once you don't believe in ANYTHING AT ALL. You don't actually have to go into the apartmen: being shot by something from Meanwhile City can get you in, same as being surrounded by someone mainly from Meanwhile City.

So, what do you think? That straighten things a bit up? Please, discuss further. Always interested in hearing other thoughts about the movie. It was great though, by the way! A fine mix of Watchmen, Donnie Darko, Magnolia and The Matrix.