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What was the significance of Alex lying about her dad's death?
How long did Alex continue to work?
Why was Camilla so cruel to Diane?
Meaning behind the waking up next to the angel statue, then it falls and breaks?
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I completely agree, being gay, and with everything you said, I know MANY men who are like this. Afraid to come out of the closet for fear of social stigma and other reasons. But yet they'll fool around behind their girlfriend's back and have secret relationships with other men. But then sell themselves as straight while in public. There are lots of bisexuals who are fine with staying in the closet for life but it gets in the way with being honest with oneself.
The campfire scene was pretty homoerotic. Not sure about the Bill McKinney and Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward scene though.
Is the book oozing with homosexuality too?
Great summation! I agree with a lot of your viewpoints. I consider this one of the best films ever made.
I absolutely agree that there was some kind of gay attraction between Ed and Lewis. As mentioned before, the campfire scene is so suggestive. He unbuttons his shirt as he is looking at Lewis with such an infatuated expression on his face. That seemed really gay to me.
I don't want a remake—especially one with Channing Tatum.
Channing Tatum is full of crap. There's nothing offensive or controversial—apart from the supernatural suggestibility. He may be thinking of the referencing to "white guy" on Oda Mae's part was somehow suppose to be offensive or stir controversy but it was a different time where racial segregation often left Blacks the most marginalized minorities in New York City. I think that showed how all Blacks in the movie lived in very low-class neighborhoods.
She was wearing Sam's shirts a couple times in the film after he died, if that's what you mean by "neighborhood kid getup."
The director said in the commentary he purposely made Drew's death ambiguous. Bobby and Ed did not know for sure that there were bullet holes in his head or bruises from rocks. If Drew really was shot and they brought him to Aintry, then they'd have to explain the whole story about killing the mountain men.
Bobby prayed prior to being raped, "Deliver us from evil".
It's also a metaphor for the river delivering them to safety.
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