This might be a dim question but can anybody put my mind at rest...
Jackie wanted to frame Clyde for rape - but surely the police would think something was amiss when they realised he had previously been jailed for killing her husband and daughter - wouldn't they have immediately questioned why she was in situation for that to happen?
The entire movie, brave though it was, was absurdly implausible. None of it made sense.
shareYes, that's why we've been told about background only at the end.
Otherwise, Jackie's behavioour would look as absolutely weird.
"The entire movie, brave though it was, was absurdly implausible. None of it made sense"
Agreed except for the brave bit.
Redheads not warheads
You're correct. At some point they probably would've noticed that.
But the Jackie character was doing things under a tremendous emotional strain.
She put herself into very dangerous situations just to get near Clyde, and then actually had sex with the car-killer of her husband and child. So, it kind of fits her M.O., that even if she had thought of that, she would carry out her strange plan.
In addition, I think that her job as a professional voyeur caused her to be in a different frame of mind than most people. I think it gave her an unusual feeling of control over "her people." Her work, in general, helped her to compensate for her emotional helplessness.
One very fascinating story and well-made film.
BTW: Camera Obscura didn't seem to have noticed a very important few seconds.
After Jackie discovered Clyde, she went home and viewed a newspaper clipping that had a giant headline announcing that Clyde Henderson had received a 10-year sentence. I think it's a great piece of info to start with. You don't know exactly what he did. But as you go along, you find out that he somehow killed her husband. And at the end you find out that he also killed her daughter, and how it happened. I think it's a terrifically coherent script
that keeps you hooked. You are "seduced" into wanting to know the details.
I don't remember how much time he actually spent in prison after Jackie accused him of rape. I think he spent a night in prison or so ? That's kind of plausible, the police would have checked his case later and probably realized it was weird.
shareI was wondering about that too. Actually, that ruined the movie for me. It's kind off frustrating that they made such mistake.
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