The girl at the end
I feel dumb for not being able to figure out who she was cause it's probably the most important scene... was it Jaquline? Jane?
shareShe is any girl... or no girl in particular... or just another good girl.
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Yeah, all I could make of it was that she was some kind of archetype and that Chabrol was implicating the viewer (or himself as the filmmaker), bringing our voyeurism front and center. After all, we never see the face of the man who asks her to dance, and she stares directly at us (the camera) at the end of the film. Its surrealism would have taken me aback had not the previous scene already shattered my ideas of what the film was about and what its tone was. I mean, I had an inkling, given Chabrol's known Hitchcockian tendencies and the weird vibes that guy was giving off, but still...kind of a shock. A very interesting film, certainly.
shareWell Chabrol is equally inspired by Lang who was Hitchcock's guru.
How much is a good nights sleep worth?
I thought it was another girl like Jacqueline, and the the man could be André La Pierre...and she might be the next victim. This film kept me wondering if it kinda influenced the plotting of Frenzy.
I don't intend to be offensive, but I have to defend my opinions.
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It was a different girl, but she looked a bit like Jacqueline. I wonder if it was meant to show the strangler had some kind of pattern (that he felt attracted to a certain female type)? Or maybe the scene was meant to create an alternative, more romantic scenario from Jacqueline, her ideal one, where she's with a loving man? That bit is so sad and beautifully shot.
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