Why is she so suddenly compelled to dump "Cat" into the rain?
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utahman1971 — 11 years ago(November 01, 2014 08:01 PM)
Cats are adorable, no matter who hates them. That is just plain rude to toss a cat out like that, like they are trash. They don't understand why they get treated like that. I would never do that to my cat or anyone else's. People are just rude. That should or could of been taken out. Didn't need that in their in the movie. I know she went back for it, but still.
That is one of the dumbest ways to explain how she is a cat, by tossing her own cat out like that. She could of just ask Paul to take care of it. How hard is that?
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kittwarn — 11 years ago(November 04, 2014 06:34 PM)
for the drama, she had to throw him out, to show that neither belonged to anyone. Her realizing the error of her ways, that morbid music, Paul running out after him, her rectifying her mistake. Makes for the best scene in the movie!
I love it! (and I love cats too, not that I could ever do anything like that) -
greenleafie — 11 years ago(November 17, 2014 01:19 AM)
Throwing out the cat was symbolic of throwing her own life away, if she ran away again. She thought she was showing Paul how tough she could be, but he didn't buy it. With both Paul and the cat gone, she realized she was alone and not as tough as she thought. Had he tried to stay with her, all three of them would have lost. Cat showed them that home is where the heart is, even if it's in an alleyway. Without this scene, the movie has no point.
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naja12168-7 — 10 years ago(December 27, 2015 05:36 PM)
Throwing out the cat was symbolic of throwing her own life away, if she ran away again. She thought she was showing Paul how tough she could be, but he didn't buy it. With both Paul and the cat gone, she realized she was alone and not as tough as she thought. Had he tried to stay with her, all three of them would have lost. Cat showed them that home is where the heart is, even if it's in an alleyway. Without this scene, the movie has no point.
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yashamom — 11 years ago(December 22, 2014 08:04 PM)
This is one of my favorite movie scenes of all time - I'm not usually a "cryer", but I can't watch this scene without tearing up.
As you wrote, she had to throw the cat out into the rain to demonstrate that neither she nor the cat needed anyone, but once the cat is gone, she realizes that she isn't as free as she thought she was or pretended to be, that life is about being connected to and loving others.
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Elzna — 10 years ago(July 14, 2015 09:42 PM)
Cats are adorable, no matter who hates them. That is just plain rude to toss a cat out like that, like they are trash. They don't understand why they get treated like that. I would never do that to my cat or anyone else's. People are just rude. That should or could of been taken out. Didn't need that in their in the movie. I know she went back for it, but still.
That is one of the dumbest ways to explain how she is a cat, by tossing her own cat out like that. She could of just ask Paul to take care of it. How hard is that?
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OldFriendOfTheChristys — 9 years ago(June 29, 2016 06:34 AM)
I am watching the film now but will turn it off before the cat scene.
It's emotional, no doubt it, but the payoff is worth it. Granted, I prefer to watch this film alone, particularly the ending, as I cry uncontrollably. -
Noir-It-All — 9 years ago(June 29, 2016 06:54 AM)
There is payoff, true but I still can't watch the scene. I hope to foster a cat that was tossed from a car so it the situation is too close to me to detach from it.
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solesister — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 02:57 PM)
In the novella, "Paul" never sees Holly again but he sees a carved African artwork that looks just like her. Months later, after searching the neighborhood where she dumped the cat, he thinks he sees it, warm and well-fed, in the window of somebody's apartment, and ends the story hoping that Holly, like the cat, found a place she could call home. The ending is about hope - not guarantees- that these semi-wild things who passed his way have landed on their feet