Why did Spader had to go to the bathroom twice? Strange scene?
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orangeblossommos — 18 years ago(February 17, 2008 04:51 PM)
I just saw this today. Graham asks to use the bathroom, and then comes back; when Ann says "that was quick," he says "False alarm."
I have had instances where I thought I had to go and then found out I didn't, road trips will have that affect sometimes -
Victover — 18 years ago(February 28, 2008 04:00 PM)
May be so but it wasn't a good feeling at all, for sure. I'm more for the idea of inserting a bit of nature from the beginning, since evrthng was so natural the rest of the movie.
If pigs had wings the sh*t of this world would be more evenly shared -
Radiant_Rose — 18 years ago(February 25, 2008 06:22 AM)
That's why indy and I had the disagreement about his "communicating non-verbally", and I said that he would say things about himself that he didn't need to, as well as just not lying.
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hillygirl — 17 years ago(June 10, 2008 09:46 PM)
well here's my theory:
i don't think graham actually had to pee or poo. keep in mind that he and anne are quite intimate with one another almost immediately and despite his proclaimed impotency, they eventually have sex. (if not during the videotaping session, then they've at least had some since, because she appears to be now living with him.) also keep in mind that graham stopped at a filling station to change and shave, and presumably go to the bathroom, just before pulling into anne and john's driveway.
i believe that graham went to the bathroom to calm a sexual urge. no, i doubt he had a sudden erection and needed to beat off in 15 seconds, but i do feel like he needed to run out of the room and catch his breath and get into his "old college buddy" persona so as not to give his game away just yet. i think you can tell when anne opens the door to him that he's taken aback by her (she's quite fetching after all), enough so that eventually he lets her into his life. where are you going to go after you've just been invited in by a stranger whom you have the hots for? the bathroom, of course! -
creaturefeeture — 16 years ago(September 04, 2009 01:21 PM)
My thoughts exactly.
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Jaythestingray — 17 years ago(October 10, 2008 07:15 AM)
Yeah I really just think it was there to show us that he was a strange and unusual character. Also, it kind of shows that he was "moved" when he met Andie's character. I dont really feel the scene is important but I dont think it should have been removed.
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Radiant_Rose — 17 years ago(January 14, 2009 05:36 AM)
Spader didn't have to go to the bathroom twice. Graham did.
It is a well-known fact that all stars are carefully modified so that they never need to go to the toilet or do undignified things, ever.
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AssetsonFire — 17 years ago(January 08, 2009 04:29 AM)
It relates to his impotence. He can't get an erection in other people's presence, similarly he can't piss in their presence. The fact that after a few more words with McDowell he's able to piss presages the development of their emotional relationship later in the film.
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Victover — 16 years ago(January 24, 2010 01:19 PM)
It's even more strange because he was in a bathroom just before his visiting.
But I have this idea:
Very few people would do something like that because at that early stage of meeting someone is sort of embarrasing. The thing is that Spader was a weird character but also he was very outright with what he wanted to do or say. This bathroom urgency underlines his lack of concern on that department.
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escalantejose73 — 13 years ago(October 31, 2012 07:13 AM)
According to me , sorry cause my english is terrible, the scene represents the necessity to satisfied our needs urgently. At the beginnig of the movie Spader is a very selfish man, so nothing more important to satisfied himself, bathroom represents this actitud.
At the end of te movie, he changes dramatically whem he broke with the past (old friend Gallagher and videos and camera) and accept the help Anne gives, int his part he fall in love of her. (Jose Escalante, Peru)