What does Abbie Cornish's farther say to Heath Ledger that makes him walk away toward the end? "I don't care...I just care about my daughter." Part of that--the important part I guess--was unintelligible to me.
PS, I finally caught up with this and thought it was amazing...much better than the just-OK reviews had led me to expect.
I can't remember the quote exactly off the top of my head but I believe he's asking him to get whatever drugs he's capable of in order to make Candy feel better. Dan refuses, because he doesn't want to lead her back into that.
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I have always thought the father and the mother are offering to take him in even though they despise him, "how wrong everything is about you." But he is clearly horrorified by what that might require.
"I'd never ask you to trust me. It's the cry of a guilty soul."
He says to Dan that he loves his daughter and so whatever Dan is capable of and whatever Candy needs. Dan should do whatever Candy needs to get better - meaning that he should be there for Candy and make her happy. That's how I understood it. I guess Dan walked away because he figured he just could not do that. What Candy needed was to stay away from drugs and he felt he could not give her that. Any other thoughts?
shareWell the way I understood it was that the father did not care about Dan's issues but about his daughter getting better, which is why he wlked away
shareI must have totally misread the scene, I watched this with friends and none of of us got the feeling he was leaving for good, but just to digest what was said and to think.....kinda like someone getting some fresh air. Why after all they went thru would he want out now. He was serious about her and I felt they or at least her [Abbie] had a better chance of staying clean with his help than her alone. That is what I thought the father was saying. He would have had to know when she finds out he gave up on her she would have been more likely to have relapsed then she toeing the line. Does anyone else see this scenario instead of him just up and leaving.
shareI agree.. after all it is the dad (Mr. Wyatt) that calls up Dan (who has turned back to "The Yellow Jesus") to inform him of Candy's whereabouts and her condition. The way he kind of jerks Dan after he tells him he doesn't care what wrong he's done in his life, he just wants his baby girl back- I took this as Mr. Wyatt being aware of how bad his daughter has become due to their relationship.. but he was sort of making a deal with the devil, knowing that Dan was poison for his daughter, but he felt so helpless he was willing to assist Dan in doing anything to bring her back from the edge of insanity. Also, the way Mrs. Wyatt says "let him go" and her relationship with Candy.. to me it's apparent that Mrs. Wyatt has always expected too much from Candy or not loved her unconditionally.. I dunno... that "tough love" crap rings true in why Candy loves Dan and his lifestyle & habit in the first place.
share I just wanna say that,the People who watched and like,love this really fantastic melancholic film are NOT people who are into drugs!
I am saying this ,because I feel already this stereotypes.