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Oh, Heinz, not the penguin SPOILERS

posted 20 years ago by net5519
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Never turn down a gift from a man so adoring. You never know when he may just turn around and kill the pituful creature. Oh, man, this scene tore me up. Heinz, why did you have to kill it? Guess when you are young, and in love you do dumb things. I guess this is the case. Heinz is sick, and he's tired of everyone treating him like a child. The men at the corner deli allow him to do as he wishes, and they never repremend him for his actions. All Heinz wants is to be treated like an adult, and for Linda to love him. When he tells his Mother that he is going to die tonight, well, she just ignores his pleading. She wants him to remain her little Heinz, her little boy. He yells at her, and makes her say that he is going to die tonight. Then, well, he tosses her out the window. How weird was that?? All ends for Heinz, and Linda looks upset. She looks as though sorrow fills her heart. So, why didn't she just hook up with him to begin with? He wasn't unattractive, and he seemed to care about her. The rape, well, we surely didn't see that. I don't know exactly what happened there with all of that. I see the scar from the bottle to the forehead. I see that Harry loves Heinz now, somehow. So, what is up with Linda? I think that she is a player. She doesn't want to settle down just yet. So, did he rape her? Didn't he? I don't know. All I know is that he is dead, so is the professor, his mother, the penguin, and the lookout cop in the phone booth. Maybe there are Indians around here. HMMMM Good day to you all!

[monkey2] If we could all allow our MonkeyBone to take effect, we would be better off!!!!

[–] patbrien 17 years ago

This is a classic little movie. Took me totally by surprise. It's in there among a small number of superb films that amazed me and became instant favourites. Another is Repo Man. Check it out.

[–] net5519 17 years ago

Still, the penguin in question was murdered! I still can't get that image out of my head. I love John Turturro, and to see him kill a friggin' penguin with his bare hands was really unforgettable.

It's a slender curtain between theatre and life. Let's lift that curtain, shall we?

[–] funkyfry 14 years ago

not with his bare hands, with the paddle that Jodie Foster picked up and brought with her.

Did I not love him, Cooch? MY OWN FLESH I DIDN'T LOVE BETTER!!! But he had to say 'Nooooooooo'

[–] psdhart 11 years ago

[–] funkyfry 14 years ago

Yes, we can sympathize with Heinz, and yes it's true that he wanted to be taken seriously on some kind of level that he wasn't. But I think it's clear he was a sociopath, and if she had gotten into some kind of relationship with the idea of "saving" him, she would have just ended up in an abusive relationship and eventually he would have killed her just like he killed his mother. There's a line between having sympathy for people and actually putting your life on the line for someone who's essentially a stranger -- that line is the theme of this movie, both in the situation between Heinz and the others and the whole thing with Tim Robbins' character wanting for whatever personal reason to go South and put himself in danger to help black people get the right to vote. Why do we help people we don't know? Why do we not help some people that we do know? When is the point when it's right to walk away and to not try to help them?

Did I not love him, Cooch? MY OWN FLESH I DIDN'T LOVE BETTER!!! But he had to say 'Nooooooooo'

[–] luckiest_strike 11 years ago

wjen i was a child i walked in on my mom watching this. i cried and was so pissed.at the guy/film that i will probably never forget.it..im scarred for life lol.