the scene where kurt(oldham) was just walking around aimlessly in the street and the guy was asking for change and so on.was this scene there to show that kurt was no longer with a place to stay,or was it to show that he was alienated from people and city life?the scene earlier when they hooked up,it kinda suggested that he didn't have a home.he wasnt inside the house and he had all his stuff in the car.
any thoughts?
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my feeling is that that is how Kurt charms the other guy usually. Wanders around, pulls up stories from the street and his life, and then periodically calls up his freind - caught up in the boring married suburban life - and tells him what he cant experience for himself.
shareI think that after the weekend with his conservative, stable friend, his values rubbed off, the repression of the charitable act of giving, be it a massage or change to a hobo. He lied to the hobo, then rethought his actions that it wasn't him NOT to share and give, which made him turn around.
shareIt suggested to me the difference between the two mens' lives. Mark goes back to his house and his loving relationship, while Kurt has no reason to stay at home; apart from Mark, his only relationships are the passing ones on the street.
I agree that he might be homeless. However, he evidently has access to a bathroom and a washing machine. So I don't think he actually is, yet.
His collecting old stuff, like the TV he was towing along when Mark first sees him, and keeping it in his beat-up old van may be the film-maker's hint that he's turning into a homeless person, paralleling Mark's turning into a father.
i agree with what you wrote but mark`s life is not so great either....everything is relative i guess. thats what i got out of it anyway-kurt may be too free(ie homeless or whatever) but mark is not free enough(trapped)mark seems unhappy with his situation or his lady or whatever-i found the end with kurt to be sad as well....both guys seemed a little sad to me.
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