I watched most of this at my brother's house, but missed the ending. It's not one of my favorite movies, though it was interesting. I just want to know how it ended. I was hoping Selina and Gordon would get married, but it appeared that Gordon knew that would be very hard and wasn't going to marry her. :(
I watched up until the point when Gordon was about to take her to school.
Details of ending would be appreciated.
before leaving, she told him that she was aware of the fact that he was black and that seemed to lift a weight off of his shoulders. There really is no definite ending, other than Selina leaving for school but by the conversation they had before she left, I have always chosen to believe that he did have intentions on being with her. He told her he would be coming to visit, etc.
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sharethat when Selina left the music box behind in Ralph's apartment (because she forgot it due to the stress involved of leaving) that it was his (the directors) intention that, after a while, Ralph (SP) would take it to her. I saw this movie for the first time last weekend and it really moved me. Melissa, you should really try to see it again if possible, on DVD.
shareGORDON FINDS HER A SCHOOL TO GO TO. HE ALSO PROMISES SELENA THAT THE SCHOOL IS NOT TOO FAR AND THAT THEY WOULD STILL SEE EACH OTHER. THEY ARE AT HIS APARTMENT AND SOMEONE COMES TO TAKE HER TO THE SCHOOL. SELENA INFORMS GORDON THAT SHE KNOWS HE IS BLACK, SINCE ROSE-ANN SAW THEM TOGETHER THE DAY BEFORE. AFTER SELENA IS ON THE BUS TO SCHOOL, GORDON SEES THAT SELENA FORGOT HER MUSIC BOX FROM HIM AND TRIES TO CATCH HER, BUT THE BUS ALREADY TOOK OFF AND HE GOES BACK TO HIS APARTMENT WITH THE BOX. HE TWIRLS IT IN THE AIR.
shareThe movie ends as the others said...but, I just ordered the book the movie was based on, the reviews of the movie say it was true to the book right up to the ending, which in the book was not positive as the character Selina hated the color black and rejected Gordon when she found out his color. I will reserve judgement on whether this is the way it ends in the book till I read it, as even there it may leave some room for her to change her mind that the other reviewers overlooked. I will report back when I read it.
shareI too also read the book but in this case I hated it, as after watching the movie many times it was hard to accept that Selena would say the nasty things she does and reject Gordan in the book after all the love she felt for him. The book left a bitter taste in my mouth.
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Yea, beacause in the movie, Selina tells Gordon that even though she knows he's black she still loves him and thinks he's so beautiful and that makes Gordon smile. So I'm pretty sure he went to visit her and brought her the music box. I'm not so sure if they remained bf/gf but I'm sure that he went to visit her.
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You were wrong about the ending of the book. Though she did say she hated all black things, she does NOT reject Gordon. She just didn't believe that all during that time the man who was kind to her was black. At the conclusion of the book, she says "All black people were kind to her, Gordon, Gordon's brother, and Pearl. She says on the very last page, "I love you, Pearl."
shareTrue Selena hated anything black, because that was what she was taught, but when she found out Gordon was black (I'm referring to the book), she doesn't reject him. She realizes how wrong she was all her life about black things, due to her upbringing which Gordon understood.
shareIn the book, Selena finds out at the conclusion that Gordon is black. Though it was true, she hated all black things, she does NOT reject Gordon. She says at the end of the book (the last page) "I love you, Pearl." She also says people that were kind to her were black, Pearl, Gordon, and Gordon's brother, Paul. So you were wrong about that.
shareI'm glad they changed the ending in the movie.
In the book, Sadie and Roseann plan to start a whorehouse and have Selina as the star attraction. Roseann tells Selina that they got a cheap apartment in the 'colored' part of town. Roseann tells Selina she'll make plenty of money because she'll be a curiosity for the black men. Selina hates the color black because that's all she can see. The thought of black men 'coming at her' is too much for her.
Selina can remember white because of the color of her sheets the night her mother blinded her when she was five years old. She can remember red because of the blood she saw last.
And she remembers the sky: a patch of blue.
Ol Pa doesn't know it but he has cancer and Roseann laughs at the doctor's report as she's telling Selina Ol Pa is going to die soon. Roseann says Ol Pa will go into a clinic and he won't come and live with the girls in the new apartment.
Selina has a sort of breakdown at the end. They're in the park and Gordon tries to save Selina, tries to talk to her about stopping Roseann's plans. Mr Faber's son Yanek yells at Gordon to keep away from Selina. People in the park think he's attacking her and call the police and Gordon runs away.
Roseanne told Selina Gordon was black and she cries out and starts calling for Pearl, her black friend she had when she was a little girl.
MUCH better ending in the film!
It's been awhile since I read the book but I believe that inspite of Gordon's being chased away he still kept his word about arranging for Selina to go away to school. It was the end for Gordon and Selina but Selina still had a better future ahead of her.
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