why does he say "i never saw venice" while hes falling to his death? ive literally watched this movie about 100 times, its my favorite! but i have yet to figure out why he says that? is that even what he says? did i tottaly miss something? help!
shareI took it to mean that he wanted to see Venice before he died. As he fell he knew he was going to die and that was the biggest regret of his life. It's sort of a cliche that a lot of people want to see Venice before they die like Sandra Bullock's character in While You Were Sleeping, for instance.
shareThe "never saw venice" reference goes back to the days of Shakespeare. The original quote is a little different but you can see it here in a Goggle Books link to the The Traveler's Dictionary of Quotes:
http://books.google.com/books?id=1649AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA583&lpg=PA5 83&dq=who+said+but+i+never+saw+venice&source=bl&ots=TvLlJy 9bLo&sig=2cH93OV76yGK9rIWxjuphF_86PQ&hl=en&ei=cf8mSvT3EJm- tAOvwvnpDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5
The guy who said it originally had actually been to Venice. What he was saying that if he had NOT been to Venice, going to Venice would have been worth any or all of some four mansions he mentions in the quote. His name was Thomas Coryate and the quote is from 1611. Writers commenting on the Shakespeare play, The Merchant of Venice, often discuss this quote as having some impact on the Elizabethan view that Venice was the most beautiful place on earth, sort of the ultimate destination for well-heeled travelers of that time.
Hope that helps