significance of last tombstone scene?
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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(April 25, 2016 07:14 PM)
if the old lady really wanted to go to Paris then why did she at first say a resounding no to Jane? I mean Jane had to really talk her into it and even after that she had to try to win at Bingo in order to get the old lady to go with her.
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Maggie71286 — 12 years ago(August 15, 2013 07:50 AM)
I think that, after Jane's friend outed her to Sadie, Sadie felt betrayedat first. I think she then realized that maybe she was enjoying Jane's company for her own "selfish" reasons (Maybe Jane reminded her of her daughter.) Everyone watched the film feeling bad for Sadie and judging Jane for keeping her money and hanging out with her out of guilt, but I think that this was Sadie's way of saying "I'm no different than you" and, more importantly, "I know about the money and I forgive you." I don't know, that's just how I took it.
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Jasonismoney — 12 years ago(August 23, 2013 02:32 AM)
Very surprised out of all the people on here, you're the only one that got it. I thought it was fairly heavy-handed people. Sadie's daughter passed when she wasn't all that far from Jane's age. I think, obviously, Jane reminded Sadie of her daughter - and sending Jane to the grave wasn't about telling Jane that she knew about the money, but giving Jane an opportunity to let go of the guilt - because she, Sadie, was also guilty.
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lapelpinproductions_remo — 12 years ago(August 26, 2013 10:49 AM)
This is my ten cents
Sadie's daughter died in 1969, which meant she died when she was 18, either from an accident or suicide.
Sadie's husband died in 1971, 2 years after their daughter's death, either from a heart attack from the stress of the daughter's death, or suicide. I think his death is directly related to the daughter's death.
Sadie said her husband died last year, so she's been in denial for the past 40 years. She's never come to terms with her daughter's death, so much so she doesn't even admit to her daughter being alive.
I don't think there is more interpretation implied other than Sadie's life has a messy and sad past, and the introduction of Jane has pulled her out of her denial.
The relationship with Jane marks the first time in a long time she has started living life, which includes hopes & dreams (trip to Paris), sadness & stress (ordeal of Starlet getting lost), adventure (the trip to the porn office), and happiness (daughter-relationship with Jane). -
mmarcopolo — 12 years ago(October 21, 2013 10:18 PM)
This is my ten cents
Sadie's daughter died in 1969, which meant she died when she was 18, either from an accident or suicide.
Sadie's husband died in 1971, 2 years after their daughter's death, either from a heart attack from the stress of the daughter's death, or suicide. I think his death is directly related to the daughter's death.
Sadie said her husband died last year, so she's been in denial for the past 40 years. She's never come to terms with her daughter's death, so much so she doesn't even admit to her daughter being alive.
I don't think there is more interpretation implied other than Sadie's life has a messy and sad past, and the introduction of Jane has pulled her out of her denial.
The relationship with Jane marks the first time in a long time she has started living life, which includes hopes & dreams (trip to Paris), sadness & stress (ordeal of Starlet getting lost), adventure (the trip to the porn office), and happiness (daughter-relationship with Jane).
Your interpretation seems to make the most sense. I totally missed that Sadie's husband had died much earlier than she mentioned. So Jane actually brought her out of her fantasy world and back to reality. Still seemed like a strange way to end the film considering everything that went on. -
unsound-1 — 12 years ago(November 08, 2013 07:13 PM)
Sadie said her husband died last year, so she's been in denial for the past 40 years.
She didn't say her husband died last year, she said that it had been a year since she visited her husband's grave, because she had turned in her license and no longer drove. -
utazdevl — 12 years ago(September 06, 2013 01:38 PM)
WOW, all these people digging so deep into the last scene, and seemingly missing the point, at least in my opinion.
To me, Sadie sending Jane to the grave was her way of telling Jane "I had a daughter and she was about your age when she died". I don't think it was some profound declaration of poverty or blood relationship and such. Just a way of telling someone Sadie had come to like something about herself she hadn't previously said. Had nothing to do with the money or Melissa's visit.
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verahta — 12 years ago(October 25, 2013 03:28 AM)
Yes, I can't believe how many people were "whooshed" by this film. Good grief people.
I like it, it was a good movie.
And seemingly everyone has completely missed the fact that Jane was essentially lacking a mother. At the beginning of the movie Jane begs her mom to come to California and visit her, but she will not come visit her daughter and Jane is upset. She later mentions her mother pops 10 pills a day, and is thus probably a drug addict and an absent parent.
The grave scene is clearly showing that each of them are missing family in their lives. The old lady used to have a daughter and Jane has an absent mother. -
KawaiiKiwi — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 11:48 PM)
I think it just made her realize that she meant a lot more than she thought to the old lady, as if the woman she telling her 'you're really important to me, I hope you really are my friend and not faking' (relating to what melissa told her earlier)