why 'fracture'?
Just wondering.
There are a few interpretations. I think that Crawford studies his "opponents" so to speak and figures out their weaknesses, or fractures, and exploiting those weaknesses are the basis of his plan. It's been a while but I think Crawford even says this at one point, that everyone has their weaknesses and he is good at figuring them out.
For example, he counted on the cop's weakness for his wife, that he would lose his professionalism and rush to her when he saw her shot, which gave Crawford the chance to switch guns.
Also, he exploited Willy's weakness: arrogance, and this being his last case before leaving for a prestigious high-paying firm. These factors put together led Willy to not being as prepared as he could have been, and he was blindsided during the trial.
Finally, Crawford's plan was not perfect; it had a weakness/fracture, which was his downfall once Willy finally figured out what it was.
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"Finally, Crawford's plan was not perfect; it had a weakness/fracture, which was his downfall once Willy finally figured out what it was."
I personally quite like this interpretation. A small fracture is the beginning of things falling apart completely. Hopkins's little machine contraptions are a metaphor for a complex plan. The smallest fracture in a detailed complex machine causes it to shatter completely.
A+ on that!
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Very good explanation. That makes total sense, though I never would have thought of it.
shareFor me, the fracture was not exactly a flaw in Crawford's plan. Technically, there were no flaws in his plan, as he got away with the attempted murder. The fracture metaphor is for a character flaw. Beachum's was that his ego could not accept losing or giving up, so he risked everything to go to trial. Crawford's flaw was his "love", and subsequent passionate need for revenge, for his wife. The last line of the movie is Beachum saying that she would have died eventually anyway, or been in a coma. But Crawford's passionate anger drove him to finish the murder, to kill his wife himself like he wanted to originally. That was "the flaw/fracture" in his character.
shareby liza-chiber ยป Sun Mar 18 2012 04:38:48
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...The last line of the movie is Beachum saying that she would have died eventually anyway, or been in a coma...
For the record, Beachum's line is more like "the Doctor says she would've outlived us all"
He's facing away from the camera, walking out the door and almost whisper/mumbles it. Subsequently, easy to be misheard or misunderstood.
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I think the better, faux-anecdotal, explanation was delivered by Crawford himself at 00:41:50.
It begins, "My grandfather was an egg farmer..."
and ends, "If you look hard enough, you can find a flaw in anything"
"If people like you don't learn from what happened to people like me..." -Professor Rohl