The drawings
Has anyone paid attention to the symbolism in Tommy's drawings and has an idea what they represent? can anyone analyze them here?
shareI didn't think the drawings really intended to symbolise anything, they were just a burst of creativity driven by Tommy's belief that art for the gallery was a way of looking into the soul.
I found that scene where he takes the drawings to Madame's house quite sad, because I knew (from reading the book) that he would have his hopes dashed when finding out there were no such things as "deferrals". Notice the expression on Kathy's face when Tommy spreads his drawings out on the floor. It's as if she already knew what was coming, and was reluctant to see Tommy's reaction when he learned the truth about the gallery.
Everything that you just said is what makes that scene the best scene in the film. I haven't read the book but I had a sense that were no deferrals based on how excited Tommy was to show his drawings. So every word he said was making it worse because the more he spoke the harder it would be to for Kathy to tell him the truth and the harder it would be for him to hear it. It all built up so well within the scene that it was heart breaking.
Andrew Garfield has got some great performances inside of him and I think we've seen some already and I think we'll see many more in the future.
"God, when I meet you, I'm gonna be pretty. If it's the last thing I do. I'll be a beautiful angel."