The scene where he writes the new postcard from Julia is what I came to here to read about. Because it seemed to imply that he does it to lure victims. And he chose to write a new one in front of his current victim to let him know he'd walked into a trap. Set by Warwick, with a postcard containing just enough information to tempt a roaming hustler into trying to use it to get in his door.
Of course, as you said, this couldn't bring him victims very often. But if he only wants a victim every other year or so, this could still be plausible.
However, Warwick's a cop who's already seeking to apprehend John the bank robber, before John even approaches his door. The seemingly huge coincidence that John would find his way to Warwick's house, on the same day that Warwick is planning to capture him, and the same day Warwick plants the postcard for a con-man like John to use; doesn't seem like a coincidence at all.
I know you say it's obvious the postcards are just part of Warwick's psychosis that have nothing to do with deceiving his victims, but I find that real hard to believe. They seem like part of a big trap set by Warwick. A big, convoluted trap that makes no sense to me how he could have set it. Which is why I came here.
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green_donkey
9 years ago
you guys are *beep* dumb. how would writing fake post cards about a dinner party attract anyone? hes just going to leave those in his mailbox for years on the off chance that someone will come and try to illegally look through his mail, then hatch a plan to pretend to be one of the dinner guests so they can come in and rob them? hes obviously just crazy, it was pure coincidence that John ran into this guy, he didnt get lured. Warwick even almost turned him away. he believes this Julia exists.
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weirdJ
9 years ago
I don't believe that Warwick writes fake postcards to lure people. That would mean that there are enough people looking in his mailbox and deciding to pretend to know the postcard's sender in order to take advantage of Warwick. That doesn't make sense. I believe that Warwick writes and sends himself the postcards to satisfy his delusions. Regarding setting up John, Warwick didn't know John and he had no reason to suspect that John would come to his house, look in his mailbox, and come up with that plan. There's no evidence to show that Warwick used the postcards to lure anyone. Being a police officer, Warwick has many ways to come across his victims. He doesn't need an unreliable trap like using postcards.
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