I don't know why, but every time I see the ending of this movie, it makes me very sad ... plus, I just don't get it.
We see her with a friend at a restaurant, so we know Zoe now has a life - but is it her old life or is she still hiding out from the police? (taking on a new identity) ... It is clear that Bill has not heard from her in some time.
It ends with the possibility that they will now get together, so why do I feel so sad?
I know what you mean! Where did Zoe go? Was she accqitted for the crime? Is she on the run? If she was acquitted, did she move back into her condo? So many unanswered questions! And if she's on the run, does she know that Daly could possibly trace her location through the e-mail she sent? Or did she want him to??? Baffling!!
shareOf course she was aquitted. She wrote "Evidence" on the wall, when they found him. And she cut off the bracelet because she finally realized she was going to be free, and no one was going to come after her.
I wonder what happened to the wheelchair guy though, did he live?
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And people have gotten married for a lot less.
- Before Sunrise
Although it appears that the stalker plot is the main focus of this film, I think it was her idle time in the apartment that was really the driving point. Even when she was shifting furniture, or straightening her hair, or doing nothing at all, I witnessed a gradual change in both her attitudes and her outlook on her own life.
shareone of the deleted scenes shows an alternate ending where Zoe is told that her downstairs neighbor had since moved in with his boyfriend - it was supposed to be at least 6 months later.
in the commentary the director says she runs because so far no one had believed her side of the story and she wasn't willing to stick around to see if they would accept the jacket as evidence and clear her of the charges. the jacket isn't really much in the way of evidence alone anyway.
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It appears that she took the train to LA and is living there. (I'm not sure how she got out of the Fair Oaks house and all the way to the Amtrak station after smashing her ankle with the sledgehammer.)
The ending doesn't make much sense to me. Either the charges against her would be dropped, in which case she would be free to return to SF, or she would be a fugitive, in which case you would think she would still be hiding.
It's hard to see how the DJ could be convicted of the murder without her testimony. Maybe they tortured him by playing Noe Venable records until he confessed.
She is not going to get together with Bill. He is her fantasy girl, the same as the DJ, except he's not a psycho.
She definitely gets off or else she wouldn't be hanging out in the same area. She states in her message to Bill "She's still around"... Plus in the deleted scene she goes back to her lock-up where a family is living.
I love this movie. Robin Tunney rocks in everything she does. If you've never seen it, she's EXCELLENT in Niagra Nigara.
I agree, I don't see how she could smash her foot enough to get the bracelet off, and then get on a train and seem very happy and relaxed. She would theoretically be in sheer agony, barely able to hobble around, for several days or weeks. And without medical help, her foot might be permanently crippled. It doesn't make sense.
shareYeah I was a little foggy on the ending too. I don't know, perhaps if I had the DVD and could watch the director commentary it would clear things up.
Maybe they don't want us to know the exact ending--like maybe they wanted to keep us guessing or something.
I don't know.
I totally know what you mean. It also makes me sad. I figure she was cleared in absentia since all the evidence pointed to the stalker & she wanted to start fresh someplace else. I actually cried at the ending but didn't know why I was so sad, lol. I guess it's because she & Daly developed a connection during their time "together" and you could tell he really missed her. But it was nice that he got an e-mail from her & she was asking how he was doing. Still makes me sad, though.
shareI see where you're coming from - you want to SEE them together, which is a testament to Tunney & Nelson's performances, seriously - but I read that last half-a-minute completely differently. I was left with the impression they ended up together eventually. Which made me deliriously happy. :D
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