Death in film
I understand that the death of one of the film's main characters near the end reflects the situation in the Bahamas at the time the film was made, i.e. that a number of gay men were being murdered.
shareI saw this film last night and came here, then was stunned when the description says he goes to the island to kill himself. Did I miss something?
shareThey must have removed it. One of the subject categories is, indeed, "Suicide," which I find strange.
shareI saw this film last night and came here, then was stunned when the description says he goes to the island to kill himself. Did I miss something?
I read that plot point at Wikipedia. That was after I not only watched the movie, but the deleted scenes as well, and I was shocked that he had planned to kill himself. I didn't get that from the movie at all.
One thing to add...is anybody else getting tired of the gay guy having to be murdered at the end of so many gay movies? MAYBE they might find love...maybe they won't...but they WILL be murdered. Blech. So tired of this happening over and over and over again. share
Romeo and Johnny are such a beautiful couple on screen together. Wouldn't it be nice if the world was more apt to allow such a couple to be happy together.
People are apt to write anything on Wikipedia. Johnny's goal was to save his scholarship. Suicide is not a theme of this movie and even the description of Johnny as obsessive compulsive seems off the wall.
Romeo observed "you carry a lot." Johnny's art teacher urged Johnny to get his act together. Johnny was just a complicated fellow who also was dealing with his own coming out process.