DISQUS

Brett Carter · 1 year ago

I believe the line "I'm going to kill myself tomorrow" is a reference to a french film, but off the top of my head, I don't know what it was.

Spence · 1 year ago

Got a feeling Elliott's Academy Award nomination was for Miss Misery - something to do with it having to be an original track written specifically for the movie - although Between The Bars is indeed in Good Will Hunting, it had already come out on the Either/Or record.

Zack · 1 year ago

Oops - you're right. Sloppy on my part.

crackerjax79 · 1 year ago

and you are correct, in the dvd commentary Wes Anderson actually verifies that he did pull that from a french movie (I forget which one he said it was) and at the same time also essentially verifies my opinion of the scene as well. Just watched the dvd with the commentary for the first time the other night.

crackerjax79 · 1 year ago

I always took the moment when he says "I'm going to kill myself tomorrow." and then does it at that moment instead to be as thus: just like any time you have decided upon an action and at one moment think you'll put it off for later and then all of the sudden change your mind and decide it has to be done right away---that's all that was. Ritche's decision turned a corner and he felt he couldn't wait for tomorrow. At that split second all his fractured-ness and anguish surged and met with every suddenly excruciating memory of Margot and his longing for her and so he just did it right then. I found the way this scene was filmed to make perfect sense and feel very real. Sometimes we don't behave logically---especially if we are in a suicidal frame of mind.