just watched it for the first time
confusion reigns
shareIt's got that great murder scene though. That is savage.
The girl that runs out on him after they do it in the warehouse scene is "Lou Ann Poovie" from Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.!
I did not like the end. I'll watch it up to that point, then I turn it off.
What has you confused, how?
How and where the Director was killed ??
What was real and was Caul hallucinating ???
Was the Harrison Ford character in on the murder ??
I thought she had lured him to an upscale hotel on the pretense of a possible reconcilation and her lover had climbed over the divider and killed him.
That part aggravated me so I didn't attempt it.
Yes.
There was also a newspaper headline stating that the Director had died in a car accident. I have been reading through the thread and I am not the only one confused. The movie had potential.
shareThat was the cover-up.
I agree on the potential, he just got off the rails and it spoiled the finished product. But, they juiced him in on it---using that one still photo of Harry under the sink. That picture was everywhere, couple that with [Watergate] and there was no way it was going to fail.
The director was killed in room 773. The how is likely how Caul imagines it: jumped from behind, probably even in the bathroom. It ended bloody enough to require sopping up with enough tissues and/or paper towels to clog a toilet.
Caul imagined the details of what happened based on his surveillance and the information he gets later.
Probably. He wanted the tapes before the director to make sure Caul got the information to lure the director to 773 in the first place. If Caul missed it, that wouldn't work. He also made the threats after the fact, so he wants it kept under wraps. The most likely (99% sure) reason is that he was in on it. The only other reason I can think of is that he wants to keep the company afloat and a director (CEO?) death would tank enough stocks without adding, "Murdered by his wife" to the whole thing.