Someone explain
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serpensortia007 — 18 years ago(April 01, 2008 01:10 PM)
I absolutely agree, no murder actually took place, except for the good weekend of course. There was basically two of everything in that house, except for the guests, and as said before it was mentioned that Lionel Twain had died 5 years ago. So his body was obviously a dummy. Yetta had been playing as Twain the entire time. As Twain in the dining room, she said that the person killed was also the murderer. As I asked in another board i just posted. Does anyone know who Yetta really was?
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tjboyll — 17 years ago(May 26, 2008 09:17 AM)
I have thought about this long and hard. During the last scene in the mansion, it is all made clear. Everyone, but Sam Diamond, had it correct, to some extent. It is all the same person. The lawyer, the butler, the daughter, the accountant. The person admitted to be that person, but not to being Sam Diamond. If you think about it, everyone, but Sam Diamond, was correct, they just did not know who it truly was.
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ccoutroulos — 15 years ago(June 28, 2010 05:55 PM)
Who really died?
So far:
Peter Sellers (July 7, 1980)
David Niven (July 29, 1983)
Estelle Winwood (June 20, 1984 (at the age of 102!))
Truman Capote (August 25, 1984)
Elsa Lanchester (December 26, 1986)
James Coco (February 25, 1987)
Nancy Walker (March 25, 1992)
Alec Guinness (August 5, 2000) -
HelenaHermione — 12 years ago(June 30, 2013 10:32 PM)
Tess Skeffington had some information that she presented to Sam Diamond near the beginning of the movie, when they were driving up to the house. (Admittedly, the information was provided to her by Lionel Twain, but it does offer some possible insight into what was really going on, and it might be a reason why Truman Capote is Lionel Twain)
Tess said that Lionel's parents were Catholic and Jewish (I forget which was which), marriage lasted only two hours, and when Sam asked, "Were there any children?" Tess said, "A girl." Lionel Twain was never Lionel. Or at least Lionel Twain was never a man. Orwell, you see where I'm going with this.
I'm still in the middle of rewatching this movie, it's been awhile since I have seen the full thing, butLionel or Rita or whatever her name is a master of disguise and disinformation, I agree with what others have said that Lionel/Rita played all of the extras, the butler, Yetta, the accountant, and Lionel.
The scenes where Yetta and the butler interacted with each other only happened in the kitchen, and were merely comic relief for the audience, and they never really interacted with each other. The butler was talking to nothingness, Yetta was there but she couldn't hear, and only the butler ever went out and interacted with the guests. What happened 'backstage' in the kitchen may never have really happened. Dummy butler and maid, certainly, but Lionel/Rita did inhabit them, I believe. Two of everything. Dummy Lionel got stabbed.
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lousvr — 12 years ago(October 28, 2013 09:43 AM)
When you think about it. the 1st half seem.. so promising.. like a well executed script then.. boom, evolues into a convaluted, confused mush. Thinking it could be made clear at end and then that hysterical, annoying laughter at end is suppose to be interesting.. More like a carnival horror ride dummy
It was the scenes and the actors that made the movie..
Like Wang said.. 'Kill weekend'.
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sunsetboulevard16 — 11 years ago(April 19, 2014 05:42 AM)
It's not supposed to make sense by the end. It's all a big joke on mystery films or novels with convoluted twists and explanations to arrive to their conclusion.
It's a spoof, it's not a real mystery (it doesn't make any sense as such).