Gregg's death - The Best of Everything (1959) Discussion

[–] jane_bront 15 years ago

I think she was just freaking out that David would come to the door and see her. Plus, she wasn't really in her right mind at the time. I'm disappointed that Gregg who seemed like a tougher character would go nuts because David broke it off with her. I thought she was the one who expected to have just brief relationships. But then to get caught up and lose her mind over one...? Aw, Gregg, you should have known better!

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[–] Siriry 15 years ago

The movie contradicted itself about Gregg wanting a brief relationship than going nutz when David broke it off. In the book Gregg said right from the start that she wanted a lasting relationship because her mother and sisters continually married and divorced and that she was different (don't understand why the movie changed that cause it makes no sense).

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[–] Siriry 15 years ago

In the book (different from the movie) a threatening transient type man comes toward Gregg and begins undoing his belt implying that he has rape on his mind. Gregg backs off in terror and falls to her death.

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[–] MissBender24 15 years ago

I thought it was a wonderful character builder when Gregg tells the others about her parents, then laughs it off and says something like - now all I want is a man to have and to hold...and then let go.they talk of affairs, etc..-making them believe she is so fancy free. I felt she protested too much even at that point.

But then when she falls so hard for David it becomes clear she cannot live by that creed at all, she was just trying to convince herself that she could. That's why I found it so believable that she was a complete mess by the time she lost it at David's and fell. and that old guy was freaking her out... and kept coming for her...a great and powerful scene!

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[–] jdmartin61 14 years ago

I agree with "be agle7's" assessment (just above). I can't make comparisons between the movie and the book because I have never read the book. Gregg strived hard to be an independent career woman who might have a liaison when it suited her and then she would move on. David was such an attractive and smooth man, etc. that Gregg fell hard for him in spite of herself.

For me, Gregg's tragic accidental death is the hardest and most intense scene to see. In the film, the drunk thinks he's trying to help the distressed woman but Gregg is so afraid, so horrified that David would see her in her current state that she tried to immediately remove herself from the scene and she ultimately died as a result.

Suzy Parker's performance in this and all her scenes were perfect.

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[–] schappe1 10 years ago

I like the fact that Parker's character is, on the surface, the most worldly and jaded but is actually the most vulnerable. An interesting character and she did a good job with it.

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[–] leader-7 11 years ago

^^^^ That was entirely uncalled for. the movie is 55 years old.... a spoiler warning is useless.

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