no1 answered me in the Clint Eastwood message board, so i'll try here:
i've seen on tv more than once a scene where clint wakes up, a woman is sitting next to his bed,
and he discovers his leg was cut off (i think...).
was that scene taken from "The Beguiled" or some other eastwood film?
thanx in advance :)
was that scene taken from "The Beguiled" or some other eastwood film?I think so. I've only seen bits of the film. I saw Geraldine planning to amputate his leg, and from your post, it seems that she succeded. share
Yes, that scene is definitely from "The Beguiled", which I just finished watching on AMC. Surprisingly creepy. Maybe AMC will rerun it - I recommend it.
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damn i figured how much of a soiler could it be...........probably something id have figured out before they got to it anyways............but then i read this and damn if aint a spoiler..............id have never seen that coming now ill be waiting all film for it...........my fault
shareI love this movie! I'm watching it right now on AMC and I watch it everytime it comes on. Clint was NEVER better looking than he was in this movie and it was exceptionally risque for that time. Great movie.
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although it seems everyone on this page has already seen this film, do I remember correctly that in the end, he does eat the mushrooms, to a grim conclusion?
Also, it seemed like the point of the movie was that a woman's spite/jealousy outweighed her desire...or maybe they were all spiteful and their desires were only temporary... Would be interested in hearing from those who have watched it multiple times. Thanks!
Regarding the mushrooms, yes he eats them, ergo the grim conclusion. Wasn't expecting that one at all, though I wasn't sure how he was going to escape the Bunny Boilers Academy.
I never saw the movie as a study of desire versus spite, but an examination of the danger of extreem repression in the young mind. Not only were all the girls scrambling to get Clint's kit off, but the teacher went one step further, after years of fighting her inner sex-moppet, by going pyscho and trying to off him. Just a theory.
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I recall there being some confusion about how Clint died, since there is a line about how "heart gave out", and we are left to ponder if THAT was the cause. I thought it was pretty clear, myself, that he was poisoned.
Not to be a stickler here, but if someone eats toadstools, it takes about three days to die. Or longer sometimes. There are myriad accounts of people accidentally ingesting mushrooms and becoming ill hours later. In many cases, they survive. If the particular brand of toadstool is bad enough (say, "Death Cap"), then the victim usually dies. But again, we are looking at three days of utter misery before death. The cause: liver failure.
I know, I know, it is just a movie. I guess that this gets my goat when I see something so off like that. When Clint got up from the table and started to notice the poison taking effect, he had only just eaten the mushrooms moments earlier.
I want to add that I liked the movie. Clint plays a very dangerous game by trying to be the lady's man for so many women under one roof, and he pays dearly for it. His character her is so much different than what we see with "Dirty Harry" or "Play Misty", which were made about the same time.
The little girl wanted him dead too for killing her turtle. We don't know what type of mushrooms they are, she was supposed to be a mushroom expert, so she knew what she was doing. I love this too by the way.
shareI know, I know, it is just a movie. I guess that this gets my goat when I see something so off like that. When Clint got up from the table and started to notice the poison taking effect, he had only just eaten the mushrooms moments earlier.
Eastwood's character left the table so quickly not because the poision had begun taking effect, but because he realized that he had just ingested a slew of poisonous mushrooms!
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Right: it's the ultimate in denial.
And for everyone who watches this film on AMC, please rent or buy the DVD so that you can enjoy it commerical-free and without edits.
Why do they cut off his leg in the first place? And to the OP, I also posted this question on the Clint board, but then found out the answer here.
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Why do they cut off his leg in the first place?
Thanks. BTW, I forgot to mention that I hadn't seen the film, just that part on "INSIDE THE ACROR'S STUDIO" with Clint.
This film really sounds interesting. I'll check it out.
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Why do they cut off his leg in the first place? And to the OP, I also posted this question on the Clint board, but then found out the answer here.
Clint Eastwood was HOT HOT HOT!!! in this movie!
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It's not about repression -- the teacher clearly wasn't repressed, b/c she banged her own brother repeatedly. It's rather about desire and jealousy, pure and simple.
The mushrooms clearly killed him, and the saddest part of the film is where he kills the girl's turtle.
But her brother disappeared some time back. What did she do meantime? None of the women were involved in a relationship when McB appeared, so seemingly they had all been repressed for most, or at least a good part of the war. Repression, desire, jealousy, incest, lesbianism/bisexuality, troilism, paedophilia, attempted rape, murder: it's all there, and why this film is so incredibly subversive in its own understated, subtle, and rather sinister way. No wonder it's cult viewing!
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