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Put me into a basket...?


What exactly did she mean when mentioned to Elliott that his mother would have put her up for adoption ("put her into a basket and left it on a doorstep?"). Is this implying her and Elliott were in an incestious relationship?

And why did she have those flashes of that young boy and that arguing deaf couple?

Confusing movie altogether that lacks substance.

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The whole thing about the basket was mainly because the main character felt insecure that she was too young for Elliott, which is why there are clips or flashbacks in the movie where she asks him if he thinks she is too young for him. Anyways she said Elliott's mother said to put her up for adoption or put her in a basket and leave her on someone's doorstep because his mother probably also thought that she was too young for him.

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I didn't understand the deaf person either and the boy. I would LOVE for someone to explain that.

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I didn't understand the boy at all.

The part about the woman with the deaf man, seemed to be a dream, although it was photographed as if it were really happening, we see Joyce waking up.

The woman is sitting on a park bench talking and making hand signs about an abortion.

Then later during a phone conversation with Elliott, Joyce talks about would things have been different if she hadn't "lost" the baby, and Elliott says something like - what do you mean if you hadn't lost the baby - you had an f**ing abortion, Joyce!

So my assumption is Joyce was in denial that she had had an abortion and had convinced herself it was a miscarriage.

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Wow, I totally missed that whole aspect of the movie. It might have been edited for TV. It doesn't help me understand it any more though. I keep coming up with questions to ask, but it's no use. It seems like there are no answers and that this movie just doesn't make sense.

Tomorrow's just your future yesterday!

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Ah. Wow. Now I understand. Thank you for explaining that.

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No, that meant she was neither loved nor intended. This had nothing to do with Elliot. This was how she felt about herself. She was not loved. The movie cut that out; the book was a little more forthcoming with that fact: she was not a wanted child.

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I'm actually responding to a 7 year old post...but here it goes. The thing about the basket was an expression used to imply that she was too young for him.

The boy seemed to be someone she saw on the street whos image she couldn't get out of her mind because he was around the age her boy would have been if she hadn't had the abortion. So the abortion was haunting her.

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