does anybody remember the dialogue to the scene where their son comlains of something then threatens to leave. He Then grabs some of his things and walks out the door then comes back in and says "I forgot my mittens".
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
- John Lennon
Well sort of...Thomas Raft comes home from the office, and we discover that his family is somewhat dysfunctional, they all seem to be spinning off in different directions. The kids all seem to be obsessed with death and hate, and the wife is disatisfied with her situation as well. The son and the father have an argument about something, then the son tells him that "he hates him" and wants to leave immediately (but he's only a child, and obviously can't). He gets about 2 feet out the front door, hears a cat cry that scares him, and he goes back inside. The dysfunctional quality of the family is touched on all through the film.
Regards,
Steve
Yes, the kid was upset because his father wouldn't let him keep the dog inside his bedroom. Besides, the whole family was in commotion that particular day. I hope this clarifies your doubts.
shareIt was actually the mother who put the dog out and the kid was yelling "I hope you all die. I'm going to leave and you'll never see me again". His father tells him to shut up and to go to his room. Then the kid comes down dressed like a little soldier with his flashlight to go out the house but a sound scares him and he goes back upstairs. His father then comes upstairs and sees the kid crying and later on brings him the dog to the room. His wife saw what he did and she didn't like it. After that she started saying the house was depressing and she wanted to move. Then upstairs one little girl was sick with chicken pox and the other kept saying "She is going to die". Funny family I must say.
shareThanks for your comments everyone. I thought it was very daring to portray a dysfinctional American family like this in the 1950's. Donna Reed, Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver were the nicy nice examples we were shown on TV. But this movie dares to show that cracks were starting to appear in the family unit.
Regards,
RSGRE
I thought it was quite creepy that one of the daughters seemed obsessed with death and the boy yelled at his father that he wanted him to die. I was born in '56 and didn't grow up in the suburbs. If I'd told my old man the steelworker I wanted him dead, well, I MIGHT not be writing this now...
"We're fighting for this woman's honor, which is more than she ever did."
I agree. I was born in '60, but my dad was a WWII vet of the Pacific theater and my mom was an RN who became a stay at home mom after we kids were born. And although both of my parents were normally reasonable, I don't think I could have gone into a screaming rant telling them I wanted them to die without suffering some repercussions...LOL.
shareit was strange.
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