Clinical analysis?
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joshuastephen4 — 20 years ago(December 29, 2005 01:27 PM)
The play was written by Wendy MacLeod and she purposely left this aspect of the movie ambiguous. We are not supposed to know for sure whether their father simply left that day or was shot by their mother. Is Jackie telling the truth and dismissed due to her insanity, or is she confused? No one truly knows, not even the actors. Wendy MacLeod told the actors it was up to them to decide what the truth was and incorporate that self-truth into their character. The uncertainty of this really helps to create the atmosphere of insanity that the play and movie both thrive on. Well done.
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Siovhann — 20 years ago(January 19, 2006 06:24 PM)
What a wonderful explanation to a question i didn't even have to post!
I always wondered if the the surreal ending was on purpose. thank you.
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roguekingofnothing — 19 years ago(June 16, 2006 09:31 AM)
my take on this is that the mother and father were themselves sister and brother, and that the mother is (obviously) insane as well. the film is clearly a loose reflection on edgar allen poe's short story "the fall of the house of usher," in which a brother and sister live in their large house separated from society and both NUTS. why are they insane? their family line, for generations, was inbred. their parents were siblings, and their parents parents were siblings, and so on. being alone in the world and the last two members of the family, they are destined to "mate" to continue the linethis fate drives them insane, combined with faulty genetics from inbreeding. SO.. my theory, and of course it cant be proven and is definitely up for massive debate and easy dismissal, is that jackie and martys parents were also siblings, and that jackie is basically reliving her mothers life. except, of course, for the addition of the whole JFK assassination confusion bit.
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juviejay — 19 years ago(August 03, 2006 12:37 AM)
I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense. If Mr. and Mrs. Pascal were sister and brother, then Jackie's killing of Marty was a good thing. It finally severs the incestuous/insanity-ridden line of Pascals, at least part of it. But who knows, maybe Jackie gets together with her other brother afterwards.
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Violet_Loves_Iliona — 18 years ago(October 04, 2007 06:54 AM)
I'm not so sure that it was a good thing that she killed her brother I think that, if there were only two possible options, then between the two, Jackie not killing her brother and the two of them instead living together in a consensual incestuous relationship would be the much better option.
That's my opinion, anyway and of course nowadays we have condoms, the coil and the pill, so they didn't have to have children.
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JannaMae — 14 years ago(July 05, 2011 11:59 AM)
i actually think that's a brilliant take on the movie. I watched another movie that as a reflection on poe's "the fall of the house of usher" and was blown away not by the movie, but by the actual story line of the incest and the generations that it followed. Completely blew my mind.
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launlori — 18 years ago(October 17, 2007 09:47 AM)
They are reinacting the assasination of JKF. That's why her nickname was Jackie for Jackie Onassis. I personally liked the movie and think Posey was briliant.
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joshuastephen4 — 17 years ago(February 15, 2009 03:09 AM)
I'm glad to see my post was of use to some. This is one of those movies that is made better by different interpretations. I had not looked at it from most of the angles presented, and I enjoyed every one of them. Excellent:)
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cynema — 14 years ago(November 10, 2011 03:03 PM)
The ambiguity is ALSO a reflection of the ambiguity surrounding the ACTUAL assassination of JFK. The audience is left to in the dark similarly in both stories.
"The more real things get, the more like myths they become. " R.W. Fassbinder