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What it's all about

posted 10 years ago by CAL_FORD
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I know there is great debate over Billy's involvement, over the "actors" and their specific motivations. However the bottom line is simple. Love. The "Oldman" loved all his women (paintings), he never loved a real woman, let alone had intimate contact with a woman. The young girl whispered that she would always love him, no matter what, and her unseen face showed strong sincerity. Oldman was going to the police, had had enough pieces of evidence to have the perps found. He then recalled making love. He really did love a woman and for that moment she loved him back. He no longer loved pieces of canvas and paint. The young girl was actress who played an extreme shut-in. Oldman was the real shut-in, in his heart. I speculate that in the end, at the table, he was not alone. After 60+ years of dry shallow empty love, he had the beautiful memories of a real life love, if not for only one time. His paintings meant nothing to him now.

[–] phoongdan 9 years ago

Well, there's that explanation and then there's the realization that he can't go to the police, because in doing so he'd implicate himself in the art scam. Virgil was simply a thief that got scammed by another thief (Billy).

[–] yukonracer 9 years ago

Great post. I agree with your analysis.

[–] Splasharina 9 years ago

I agree that in a sense it's about love. It's true Oldman was a crook who got scammed, but his scammers did it by exploiting his weakness: his lonely heart.

[–] kirbynintendo 9 years ago

Oldman was going to the police, had had enough pieces of evidence to have the perps found. He then recalled making love.

I think he was considering going to the police, then thought about how he, too, would have to pay for his crimes in order to get them to pay for theirs, and decided it wasn't worth it. It may be true too that he still loved Claire & didn't want to make her have to pay, as well, but when he's standing there outside the police station thinking about it, he's motivated by revenge & then decides maybe he got what he deserved. It's a great scene because I think it's designed to make the audience think about all those things at the same time as well. It's like, what would you do? Would you turn them all in, including yourself, just to get them to pay?

[–] Catdubh 9 years ago

In addition to having to explain just HOW he obtained all of those priceless paintings, (as you and others said, he'd have to disclose his own criminal involvement-years of having a secret proxy buyer who purchased the paintings from his own auctions, on his behalf.) he also was humiliated beyond belief; he was duped by his own finance' and good friend. That's not something that is easy to disclose to the police, even if he hadn't acquired the stolen paintings by his own illegal means.

Jack's not dead! Jack would never die without telling me, first!

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[–] Black_Lies_Matter 9 years ago

Well done.

[–] morganseer 9 years ago

beautiful memories of a real life love
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I'd say those memories would be a bit tainted now.