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Question about the 'confession' scene.

posted 4 years ago by TheMan18 (13176)
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In the part where Willem Dafoe confesses in that church, did his character KNOW or even SUSPECT that during the whole matter, the Priest was being held at gunpoint and that there was some kind of struggle and conflict going on, by that man Rocco and our "Saints", or was Dafoe's character perhaps a little too worried, depressed etc in that scene, to really "notice" and that through wall divisions etc, and "clever" techniques of holding the priest at gun point, they somehow managed to make sure that Dafoe's character remains completely oblivious to it?

Because if he did suspect that something was going on, unless he planned it somehow in advance with them, wouldn't he say something to the priest like "Are you alright?"

What do you think?

[–] elcamino (15540) 4 years ago

It seems unlikely how his was shown in all knowing about something in the movie. Then showing him not there. I think he knew.

[–] TheMan18 (13176) 4 years ago

So did he organize that confession in advance with the Saints? Or did he just happen to go to the nearest church, and they somehow followed him and got the Priest at gunpoint to run the confession operation smoothly? And he didn't at all mind that the Priest was held at gunpoint during all of this?

[–] elcamino (15540) 4 years ago

I'm going to have to watch it again now.

[–] elcamino (15540) 4 years ago

I just think it was a get together by accident. Dafoe was drunk but because he was conflicted by having support for the brothers. He was all knowing in things but in the mob against mob situations. This was a vigalnte thing he was growing in support of. The priest at first was forced but when he got to talking with Dafoe he was uysing his on words which is what Dafoe wanted to hear.