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Golf scene in parking lot, and girl in front of him

posted 18 years ago by fredbel6
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Hello,

these are two things I don't get:

-After his release from prison, there is a man in a parking lot who is hit by golf balls. Who is this man (sorry, that was a bit too fast for me)?

- He likes to play golf without the ball actually flying away. However, in one scene, the woman keeps standing in front of him, and he doesn't dare to hit it then.
Later, after being beaten up by the boxer, he does this again, but this time, the woman eventually stops standing in front of him. Why?
(And then he hits the woman in that car, there's probably some sort of symbolism behind this, but I haven't quite figured it all out yet.)

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[–] smc1smc 18 years ago

The answer to the first question:
the man hit by golf balls is a corrupt detective who puts him in jail

[–] fredbel6 18 years ago

O, so he is "the" detective, the one who let the husband beat him up.
But was he really corrupt?I'd say he was just really mean.

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[–] aurora56 18 years ago

I think that the detective is corrupt cause from the get-go, he is very nasty toward that young man when he is called in for questioning. He does not have any respect for him. And especially the fact that he takes a large sum of money from the husband in order to allow the husband to abuse the young man shows his corruption. I really hated his character.

As for the golf ball thing, I think that whenever she stood in front of him, it was just her way of telling him to stop and that they needed to move on somewhere else. Perhaps there is some deeper meaning to this aspect of their relationship and his perpetual action of practicing his golf swing. There probably is, i don't doubt it. Its something to think about. I think this film is very cryptic and subtle because the two main characters don't verbally express everything. A lot is left for the viewer to interpret about their relationship and love for each other.

[–] plath81 17 years ago

I also think she stood in front of him because she wanted him to stop - but maybe she wanted him to stop because it reminded her of her husband, who also practiced golf a lot.

[–] mastrmeb 16 years ago

I interpreted the hitting of the golf ball to symbolize violence and confrontation. She stood infront of him to stop him from persisting in this violence/confrontation, which all started when he used the golf balls to attack the husband. He then ends up hurting the girl in the car through this act (violence? or maybe just negative actions?). As the movie progresses, he learns to go without violence, instead choosing to avoid confrontation. At the end, it is this method that ultimately works.

Perhaps hitting the golf ball, more generally, meant making an impact in society, or just existing. I consider this because the scale, at the end, operates as if they do not exist, and this is when everything is satisfactory. Perhaps becoming non-existent/not hitting golf balls/not confronting others with violence is the answer.

Also, perhaps hitting the detective with golf balls was just fun for him :D