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I thought I had this figured out....

posted 12 years ago by sunznc
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A friend of mine and I just rewatched this on DVD. I hadn't seen it for a while. I thought I had it all figured out.
Here is what confuses me; on the dvd you can watch deleted scenes. John (the editor) says over the phone, "the new story isn't about my daughter is it?" Sarah tells him no. So, Julie does indeed exist.
Is everything that happens at the house, all of it, Sarah's new book or is her new book about Julie's mother's book that was supposedly burned?
And did Sarah really help cover up the murder or is that also part of her book?

[–] jdarlingk 9 years ago

No, the Julie in France is completely imaginary, the product of Sarah's vivid writer's imagination. Here's the clue: Watch one of the final scenes, in which the libertine Julie says farewell to Sarah (in France). Julie crosses the room and passes in front of a full-length mirror --- but her image never appears in the mirror! Play it back and watch it again. I caught it on my second viewing of the movie.

[–] stevecobus 8 years ago

jdarlingk: Excellent observation about Julie's reflection not shown in the mirror! I think that pretty much does it for me that she is purely a creation in Sarah's mind. I still don't get John's reaction to Sarah's new book. If Sarah was imagining all of the events at the house in France and using them for her new book, why would John call it "subtle" and that she wasn't good at writing about "feelings?"