I just re-watched this classic film on the big screen and noticed something.
When Ann wakes up for the first time and sits up with the blanket bunched up around her chest, the first thing she does is reach under the covers.
I just realized she was checking to see if her underwear was still on, to be sure she didn't get violated.
Pretty dark little moment in a romantic film.
I'm not entirely sure it's that dark.
Early in the film she says she'd like to sleep in pyjamas with no bottoms.
Oh okay so she dressed herself while half drugged and was just checking.
shareIt's supposed to be amusing, not dark- much like Ana getting bawled out by the landlady who mistakes her for some cheap harlot that Joe picked up on the street, or Joe "borrowing" the camera from the little girl in a later scene at a fountain.
shareSure, why not?
It's just a comedic ruse.
Not really sure it's dark. It seemed to me like she was just confused and wondering why she was in different clothes with a man she'd never met standing over her. It's funny.
shareI figured it was a reference to when she tells the one woman in her bedroom how she'd like to wear Pajamas, but just the tops.
"Thanks, guys." "So long, partner."
- Toy Story 3 (9/10)
There is a more innocent explanation for Ann's reaction in that scene. Remember that early on she expressed her linkings for pajamas, especially wearing only the top part. Then in Joe's bed, she freaks because her first thought was that the bottom part was missing as in "be careful what you wish for".
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Last movie watched: Pickup on South Street (7/10)
I just watched this in a packed house at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, Mass -- I'm guessing they had 300 people for their monthly "Big Screen Classics" series.
This was, I think, the scene that got the most laughter. As others have pointed out, when she realizes she's in pajamas, she suddenly wonders whether she put on the bottoms or not, since she had already expressed a desire to leave them off, and she has to check to make sure. The way Audrey plays this is pure comic gold.
Prepare your minds for a new scale of physical, scientific values, gentlemen.share
This wouldn't fly today. It's a rape joke, basically.
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