Hi. I've been wanting to see this movie for a while, but I heard that in one of the versions (or several), Kane commits suicide. I don't know why, but wrist-slitting has always been a big problem for me. I can watch any form of suicide except that one. Anyone know if Kane kills himself in this manner? Thanks!
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There is one version of the film (and it shows up in the first novel) in which Kane deliberately kills himself. Now, suicide is a mortal sin from the Catholic standpoint, but it's not exactly clear that when Kane kills himself he's committing suicide. Suicide (from the Catholic point of view, and Kane is a Catholic) isn't merely the act of taking one's own life, because the motive has to be taken into account as well. If you throw yourself on a hand grenade to save the lives of other people, that's not suicide (because your basic motive is not to do away with yourself)-- but if you kill yourself out of despair or ennui because you can't be arsed to go on living anymore, that's a different kettle of fish. I think the version in which Kane allows himself to die (having been stabbed by the bikers) comes closer to the spirit of the story.
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