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What was your interpretation of the Old Couple?

posted 8 years ago by ruaridh321
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How did you interpret them, if you interpreted them to be significant?

In my opinion, I feel like they were part of Diane's creation that was 'Betty'; I sort of imagined her to be this all american girl who was close with her grandparents, their pride and joy etc.

I thought them screaming at her at the end and driving her to suicide sort of represented how she was being haunted by her past and also by the fantasy she had created in her mind.

[–] SandyR (7394) 2 years ago

It seems like they're laughing at her in a mocking way in the beginning of the film (as they're pulling away in a taxi), as in, "Oh look, Hollywood's attracted yet another sucker." That makes their laughter sinister in the end of the film. The entire movie is about how Hollywood corrupts innocence, and the old couple seems to be avatars for whatever evil force it is in Hollywood that does that.