That brief case that gets tossed into the hired abductors car
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easmax — 19 years ago(September 24, 2006 05:49 PM)
I had to go back and see the part of the movie
where Braddock gives the Spanish thug a brief
case. I assume they thought it was money
tho the one that tossed it in the car seem to know
it was explosives that killed the Spainyard hired abductors
and burned up the car. -
film_ophile — 16 years ago(May 13, 2009 08:40 PM)
i just watched this film. the thugs take the briefcase, get in the car. one jumps out to retrieve HIS shoe(not willie's)as the others are saying 'we're going to be rich' and the car blows up.
Ad hoc, Ad loc, Quid pro queeee,
So little time and so much to see -
Writ_in_Water — 13 years ago(July 17, 2012 01:47 PM)
It
wasn't
Willie's shoe. A close-up shot clearly shows the shoe coming off the thug's foot. (In any case, why would he go back for Willie's shoe after Willie has already been driven offrather than grab his share of the loot like the rest?) -
scotteh — 13 years ago(December 06, 2012 04:27 PM)
It was Willies shoe; check out the scene when they are in the apartment with the Australian guy (at 29 mins). Willie only has one shoe on. They also buy him a pair of trainers later in the film.
The guy who goes back to pick up the shoe is wearing blue jeans, whereas the close-up shows someone who is wearing white trousers lose their shoe. Still doesn't explain why he went back to retrieve the shoe, unless he didn't want to leave any evidence behind. -
aplantage — 13 years ago(January 18, 2013 11:42 AM)
I agree. I rewatched it in slow motion and freezing some of the frames. It's definitely Willie's shoe, and the thug still has both of his. Would be too much of a silly coincidence for two people to lose a shoe. And I think your explanation that he didn't want to leave any evidence is a good one. That a small thing such as this may have major consequences fits in very nicely with the existentialist spirit of the film: losing a shoe leads to a witness being left alive (the thug who turns to get it is later questioned by the police etc).