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brother in bathtub, creepy

posted 15 years ago by PaulaRbrts
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So the brother calls her an endearment and asks for a cigarette, and she comes in the room while he's in the tub? And she stands around talking? Guess I'm the only one with privacy issues.

[–] zuzupetal_99 15 years ago

That grossed me out even more than that disgusting landlord hitting on the mother & then showing his whips to the police. I have a brother and I assure you, we do NOT see eachother in the bathtub - EVER. I thought that was really sick & bizarre! I was grossed out by the way he was caressing her face & hair and acting rather husbandly towards her before that anyway, but after the bathtub scene I turned my suspicions on him as the abductor.

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[–] HenryLimpet 15 years ago

Is it possible that scene was a subtle clue, to the bizarre ending? Even though she was the 'little' sister, it's clear she must have basically raised him, hence the weirdly easy familiarity.

[–] singjohn 15 years ago

It was weird. It made me think that perhaps Stevie was Bunny's father.

Perhaps the horror of their incestuous tryst is what drove them both to madness?

[–] Rayvio 11 years ago

the scene was a good (and probably subtle for its time) indication that something was off in their relationship. notice how he's perfectly comfortable with her being there while she seems very awkward and keeps her back turned to him most of the time

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[–] liscarkat (18460) 3 years ago

"Perhaps the horror of their incestuous tryst is what drove them both to madness?"

Their relationship was more intimate than I would be comfortable with, but there was no indication of any "incestuous tryst", and only he was "mad". Ann was hysterical at times about her daughter being missing, but she was perfectly sane.

[–] franzkabuki 11 years ago

Yeah, a very... atmospheric scene, with a perverse undertaste like many other scenes in the film. Something seemed almost constantly ever so slightly `off`.

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