Red bag

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london_Chap — 9 years ago(August 04, 2016 02:04 PM)

What's the deal with that? Why wasn't it ditched earlier in the film?

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truther — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 05:55 PM)

And replace it with what? How?
It was the waste bag he used to take all the stuff from the lockbox in the Zurich bank. He was improvising.

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london_Chap — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 12:50 AM)

noo it was a motif throughout the film, she even had flowers in it at the end. Just seemed odd to keep it given that it was a clear flag to anyone pursuing him

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truther — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 07:58 AM)

Holy crap I never noticed that before, and I've seen this movie a hundred times. I just watched the clip on YouTube. You're right, she'd be insane to keep that red bag hanging in her shop like that. It's a dead giveaway.

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london_Chap — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 08:02 AM)

Yup, and it's the only thing he keeps throughout the film, but why? It would be the first thing I'd ditch

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AnotherUserID — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 12:06 PM)

Visual symbolism. Everything Marie owned was in her red car. It was the only thing she took care of herself. (The "splashy tires" discussion right before the epic chase scene). After the chase scene it was sort of "their" car. Everything Bourne owned was in the red bag. She had to transfer the contents of her life when she lost her car and in some sense her identity. He eventually gave her his red bag just as she had given him her car. They couldn't keep the car but she could hide their bag.

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eddiewinehosen — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 11:11 AM)

My guess is that not many CIA operatives come renting scooters on Mykonos.
Besides Bourne told the CIA she was dead so they most likely wasn't looking for her at all. The bag only becomes a liability when Bourne shows up again at the end.
Another possible scenario is she never expected to see Bourne again so she might have kept that bag as a memory of him. Love makes people do stupid beep sometimes.