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Even so, Rae still can't shake away the concern that she's pregnant. It's what she wanted though she didn't anticipate that it would come from another man that was not her husband.
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Regardless of her concerns, it's not enough for her to potentially ruin what she currently has with John by telling him this news. Instead of jeopardize their happy and rejuvenated marriage, Rae will keep these thoughts to herself and should she be carrying Hughie's seed she can always pass it off as John's further down the road. Since John bends his will to Rae without question and with gratitude for having his life saved, Rae seems confident that John will not press her for what occurred between herself and Hughie.
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The clothes she's wearing now resemble the same color pattern as the blanket Hughie kept wrapped around himself, indicating that she is bearing Hughie's seed. John still continues to remain confused by Rae's actions but does not question them.
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Afterwards is another bit of closure for herself. After sweating and sharing herself with Hughie, Rae decides to take a dip and cleanse herself. Rae seems pleased with herself and in no way comes across as being victimized or traumatized. Indeed she washes away her worries and relaxes.
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After cleaning herself as best she can of any bodily fluids, Rae rests and allows John to wash her hair and make her breakfast. John seems pleased with himself, but also so does Rae. Wouldn't the chemistry between the two be different if John knew Rae had went to bed with Hughie?
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Look how pleased with herself she initially comes across as. She received carnal satisfaction from Hughie and John is none the wiser; even more in Rae's service than prior to meeting Hughie.
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Even though there's a sense of self gratification, you can see a look of concern on her face. As though she senses she may be pregnant and is deciding what the next course of action will be.
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John (unaware of Rae's moments of doubt and concern) plays along with Rae's discussions about extravagant pleasures. Rae brings herself back in the moment and makes sensual moans as they banter.
It still can if there were likeminded people that weren't trying to shut others down for not sharing the same outlook on a movie that has different interpretations to it.
You are wondering if John knew about his wife's infidelity? It's hard to say. I don't believe she did but I have my reasons why I suspect as much.
This is what we see when Rae rescues John from the remains of the sunken Orpheus:
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Her eyes seem to indicate a sadness in the fact that she committed adultery and obtained arousal from it. She's deciding whether she wants to spoil the mood of finding her husband by telling John that she was unfaithful.
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When John discovers the raft that Hughie was in, Rae was very quick to catch up and see for herself. Look at the facial expressions on both characters. One is oblivious and the other concealing agitation. I'll let you determine which is which.
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First, we see John look off dumbfounded that Hughie disappeared and is presumed dead. If he knew that Hughie had claimed his wife for himself he probably would have a look of anger or resentment that he was unable to confront Hughie about it. Rae on the other hand starts to flare up in anger over not knowing what became of Hughie when she left him on the raft and being unable to keep him tied up like before.
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To bring herself a sense of closure, Rae formulates a plan to take one of the flares and shoot the raft down. This is to bring a end to her concerns, but also a last ditch effort to see if Hughie was hiding. Obviously, Hughie has left an impression on her to get Rae so bothered like this.
Yeah, it's unfortunate, but that's the way it is.
https://m.flicks.com.au/features/is-dead-calm-the-greatest-australian-thriller-ever-made/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Great article today about the film's 30th anniversary. Here's an excerpt:
"It’s impossible to overstate what an impact Kidman has in the role of Rae. She carries the entire film. While Zane is in the showier villain role and Neill is a stoic, almost patriarchal figure (the age difference between Neil and Kidman is no accident, with Zane’s virility a direct challenge to their relationship), Kidman is both protagonist and provocateur, carrying both the audience’s point of view and the challenge of using her then-budding sexuality as a weapon against the preening, needy Hughie. She’s no match for him physically – although, as events proceed, desperation inevitably leads to physical violence – and so it falls to her to use what tools she has to survive.
It’s interesting to wonder if such a plot would fly today, and what kind of reaction it would garner in the current clime. To his credit, Noyce orchestrates Rae’s faux-seduction of Hughie in a deliberately discomfiting way – we’re encouraged to view this as an unpleasant necessity of survival. And yet, thanks to the distance between Rae and John, and the unspoken suggestion that he perhaps blames her for their son’s death, there is a dangerous psychosexual undercurrent in play: spite and resentment and lust and the survival instinct all in flux, creating a dynamic that is at once fascinating and repellent."
Yeah you definitely sound like Prometheus, whether a sock puppet or a tool/friend which is good cause she needs all the help she can get after lying and whining didn't do much.
I'm more than happy to be proven otherwise. I'll wait.
I'm only seeing one child here, and that's the person lying, namecalling and repeating words nonstop. This bickering does nothing to the topic at hand.
It is funny you are accusing me of being a sock puppet as I found your posts along with Prometheus to be coincidental on a message board that barely has much activity on it until these last couple days. I don't care if you are a friend/sockpuppet to the childish Prometheus user, and it doesn't bother me if you think I'm a sock puppet. At the end of the day I only look at the content of the posts and if it's worth a discussion.
"So your interpretation has an element of validity, but it doesn't mean Rae wanted to drop her husband/family and f*** Hughie forevermore. Yes, he had a dark handsomeness -- like, say, Dracula -- but he was still a loathsome piece of sheet."
I appreciate you gave me some room of agreement in my analysis though I never argued Rae was going to drop her husband and shack with Hughie forevermore. What started out as an act of seduction escalates into a momentary release for Rae who was an emotional wreck from her traumatic experience and starts out as too timid, mousy before she changes into a wild, fiery and resourceful woman.
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