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Subject: Re: wow
Date: Jul 5, 2002
I think everyone's opinion's of MH do nothing but add to the mystery. I just had two quick points to throw into the pot.
First: Joshua wonders why the cowboy makes the statement that he will see the director twice if he is bad and why he appears in the dinner scene if it is, indeed, reality. I think he means that if the director hires the girl that the mob is telling him to hire, his dignity will die (maybe this is stretching it a little, but I'm entitled). Also, Diane sees death at the party because her relationship with Camilla has, at that point, died and there is no getting it back. Again, probably a stretch.
Second: Has anyone else thought that maybe the entire movie took place fom the time the bullet left the chamber and the time it killed Diane, a la "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"? That might explain the intermingling of fantasy and reality. Just thought.
Well, I will probably have to watch it several more times before I pretend to understand what's going on.
-Lloyd
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Re: wow
I agree with Rosanna when she says "wow". I'm totally impressed with what you folks saw in this movie, which I otherwise would have found baffling. I'm intrigued by the possibility that the neighbor who comes over to get her stuff is Diane's real ex-lover and there is no Camilla. But I'm not convinced that's right.
Anyway, I have these additional observations/questions:
1. Note the bits of what we're called the "reality" scenes that creep into the "fantasy" scenes in altered form, just like bits of your life will pop up in your dreams. For example:
-- "This is the girl" - that's what the director is told to say when he sees Camilla, and that's what Diane tells the hit man when she hands him her headshot.
-- The name Betty on the waitress's name tag.
-- "We don't stop here" - Camilla says that to the drivers at the beginning and Diane says it at the end.
2. After the two women go to see Diane Selwyn's neighbor and the neighbor doesn't recognize Rita, Betty says, "We know you're not Diane Selwyn." Actually, strangely enough, the neighbor hasn't recognized Betty as Diane Selwyn. In a dream/fantasy, this is conceivable -- but what's really interesting about it, I think, is that it's one of many instances in which Betty projects her own confusion onto "Rita." The one who actually has amnesia is Betty/Diane, but she makes the fictional Rita the one who can't remember what happened.
3. The cowboy -- somebody said he represents death. Maybe. He says "If you're good, you'll see me one more time; if you're bad, you'll see me two more times." I don't pretend to understand this. (Any suggestions?) But I do think I saw him in the background at the dinner/engagement party. That's one time. But why was he there? (That was a "reality" sequence, apparently -- so maybe he's just a peripherally perceived character who later crept into the fantasy?)
-- Joshua
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Comment index:
wow from Rosanna, Jun 10, 2002
Re: wow from Joshua (editor of Offoffoff), Jun 12, 2002
Re: wow from Tashtigo707, Jun 17, 2002
» Re: wow « from Lloyd, Jul 5, 2002
PCP from Kilgore Trout, Sep 1, 2002
Aunt??? from HugeElvis, Oct 14, 2002
wow from Rosanna, Jun 10, 2002
Re: wow from Joshua (editor of Offoffoff), Jun 12, 2002
Re: wow from Tashtigo707, Jun 17, 2002
» Re: wow « from Lloyd, Jul 5, 2002
PCP from Kilgore Trout, Sep 1, 2002
Aunt??? from HugeElvis, Oct 14, 2002
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