how does it end?
My DVR cut off right when the two detectives were at Mr. Miller's door, guns drawn.
What happened?
Thanks.
I'm not too sure of this, since it's been a long time since I've seen this movie, but I think that is how it ended, with the police standing in the doorway and the sniper, (Arthur Franz), at the window.
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The cops enter the room expecting trouble but are greeted by the sight of their man sitting passively on the bed with his rifle pointing at the ceiling. There are tears on his cheek. I found it an unexpected, sympathetic and strangely moving end..
shareIt's been years since I've seen this movie, but the profile of "The Sniper" (Arthur Franz) puts you in mind of Lee Harvey Oswald. Both were failures with women -- a classic trait of male snipers/assasins.
share"the profile of "The Sniper" (Arthur Franz) puts you in mind of Lee Harvey Oswald. Both were failures with women"
You think Lee Harvey Oswald was a failure with women? Anyone dating girls as attractive as the last 2 women Oswald romanced for extended periods isn't a failure with women. This remains true even if Oswald was unhappy with his relationships. He had very unrealistic expectations of most things in life.
Hi carthur 27,
A rather good point, but being unable to maintain happy relationships with women may have lead to Oswald's downfall. Some people have a lower threshold for handling relationships and stress than others.
Yeah, no question but Marina Oswald was a babe. Of course, it may not have been Lee's looks that attracted her, simply the fact that he was an American, but it seems pretty clear that Oswald didn't have trouble getting women. He just happened to be a nutjob. (Although not as big a nutjob as the people who think he didn't do it!)
shareit's an interesting debate and without getting into a debate on the JFK assassination. who knows what to believe. First Marina said he did so and so and later in years she recants it and said that's what the FBI told her to say.
You say he was a nutjob but in this movie the psychiatrist said only 1 percent of people who commit this sorts of crimes are by definiton. (i'm posting this a year after you posted this so maybe you dont remember that part )
I believe it is the remorse of having killed a man. All his other acts were quite cold and calculating, against women, whilst the man was an act of desperation at the prospect of being caught. A much better end than a 21st century Hollywood ending of blood and guts and action scenes, cutting to court rooms and prisons and inquests.
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