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No suicide. Just death in general.
I love how the cinematography is composed of geometric similarities. If you look closely, many of the shots have a sort of circular composition to them with beams jetting out from a centered-circle (the overhead angles of the floor tiles, the pedestal that Conquistidor is praying to in the tent during his journey to Central America, the upwards-facing shot of Tommy hovering into Xibalba in a meditative position). Aronofsky and the DP (I forget his name) state in the bonus features that this form of abstract symbolism is a visual metaphor for "light at the end of the tunnel" which correlates to transcendental spiritual enlightenment.
The past and future scenes don't literally occur in the film. The past scenes are from Izzi's book, and the future scenes are from Tommy's head. Both time periods are symbolic and are an amalgamation of the current psychological state of Tommy and Izzi. Tommy goes mad trying to save his wife, and refuses to accept death. His love and devotion to her is paralleled by the past scenes (which are from Izze's perspective), and his sorrow and madness is displayed in the future scenes (which is from Tommy's perspective, since he is the one finishing the book).
Other shots, such as the overhead Tommy pacing in circles in the hospital, are a metaphor for the cyclical nature of life. Beginning, Middle, and End, with respect to life, is supremely relevant. From a non-sentient perspective, there is no beginning, middle, or end, but a fundamental state of existence. Time is circular; life, death, then life again. Grand Inquisitor Selicio says in the film, "Our bodies are prisons for our souls. Our skin and blood, the iron bars of confinement. But fear not. All flesh decays. Death turns all to ash. And thus, death frees every soul." This hints that death is a form of birth, and vice versa. Another example of the orthodox yet paradoxical concept of birth and death is when Tommy rises out of the space bubble at the end. Xibalba is the Mayan underworld, full of souls waiting to be reborn. When the vessel collides with Xibalba, the star dies, undergoes a supernova (which is that sudden implosion of light), then creates a new nebula. The tree (who symbolizes Izzi) dies just before reaching the star, so Tommy sacrifices himself by leaving the bubble and entering the star, thus freeing the souls, according to the Mayan belief. By freeing the souls from Xibalba, he is fulfilling what the Mayan priest said just before striking him down with the flaming sword: "First father sacrificed himself..." The bubble in the future represents his isolated psychological world that revolves around Izzi (the tree), constantly being haunting by her slow death. By leaving the bubble and entering Xibalba, he has accepted her death and thus, "death is the road to awe."
This is easily one of the most amazing films I've ever seen. I haven't seen a film this philosophically thought-provoking since Donnie Darko, and the fact that all the space backgrounds were composed of microphotographic images of antarctic bacteria is astounding. The Fountain is an amazing film that challenges the conventional cognition of time, life, and death.
