about Ricky's mother. Mrs Fitts
Shot 1:
She passed the bacon to Ricky at the breakfast table. Ricky told her that I never eat bacon. Did you forget? ? She said, I might have forgotten
Gay knocking on the door in the same scene. Frank asked whose guest it was. She said No once, and then said No again after a while.
Scene 2: The
family is watching TV, and the movie is one Recruits enter the camp. One of the original words of the recruits ridiculing the captain is: bend all the way down, here comes the bull of the wood. This sentence has a strong homosexuality, morning wood means "morning wood", so wood can be translated For the male reproductive organs, this sentence can be understood as: everyone bend down, the big diao is coming. And the most exciting thing at this time is that Ricky's mother said: Excuse me, what were you talking about just now? Ricky replied, no one was talking, mom.
Shot 3:
When Ricky took Jane home, he introduced Jane to his mother. Ricky's mother sat blankly in front of the table, saying that she was embarrassed that the house was so messy, but the living room was very tidy and orderly as soon as the camera turned around (note here) Not polite)
Shot 4: The
last scene when Ricky decides to leave the house and walks down the stairs. His mother is holding a saucer (Nazi saucer?) and he says I want to leave. His mother said: OK, wear a raincoat. With a seemingly understanding look, here I really want to say that she is not cowardly at all! Seeing some people’s film reviews is really inspiring
Based on the above, it can be known that Mrs Fitts is a housewife with transient amnesia, nervousness and fragility, and even some mental disorders, and the mental disorder was after marriage (because what she said to Jane was actually describing her family marriage It's a mess) and the communication between her and Frank Fitts throughout the film is his questioning at the breakfast table. Their marriage is just a show. So when Frank finally appeared in front of Lester soaked and Lester said the same thing, Frank thought he had found a friend.
Regarding Ricky
told Angela that he was a strange student, he used to be in the same junior high school as Angela, but he suddenly disappeared after talking nonsense, and now he transferred to this school again. At the age of 18,
according to the following plot, the first time he suddenly disappeared was because of smoking marijuana. Twisted to the military school, and then expelled from the military school, he had a big fight with Frank and was beaten violently. The next day he met his classmates mocking his recruit haircut, and Ricky almost killed him. After that, he was sent to the hospital for treatment for two years, and every six months after that, he had a urine test to check for drug abuse.
The family moved to a new community and transferred to the same school as Jane.
Even growing up in such a family, I think Ricky can be said to be a very kind person who has learned to defend himself in the "military-style" answer after several brutal beatings. Even if there is no normal love, he can still understand his family and father after all kinds of violence. And he was a drug dealer in order to make enough money to leave.
Ricky and Jane, one was hurt physically and the other was hurt from the heart. Both of them come from broken families. No wonder they fall in love
to see Frank Fitts, Marine Corps lieutenant colonel
shot 1:
At the breakfast table, Frank Fitts is reading the newspaper. Ricky asks if there is any world news? He said: This country has plummeted (guess is related to Germany)
Lens 2:
After Gay’s neighbors came to visit, Frank scolded the gay couple in the car, saying they were shameless, but when his son gave the "military" answer he wanted to hear as he asked, he flinched a little (this time his son (Drug accounting)
Shot 3:
When he discovered that Ricky secretly opened his cabinet to look at the Nazi dishes (remember that there was also a gun in it), he beat Ricky violently. What he said to Ricky was that there are rules and laws in this world. Everything is correct according to the rules (actually these words are said to himself)
Lens 4:
When he was worried that his son was gay, he went to Ricky's stuff, he actually turned to marijuana for the first time The cabinet is gone, but the stunned has passed (he has actually determined that his son is gay, because of his genes, even if he sees marijuana, he thinks this is not the evidence he is looking for), and then he looks at the video and suspects him Is gay.
Shot 5 is one of the climax of the film, and it is also the key to everything that points to the character's personality. He walked into the protagonist's garage full of hatred and kissed him. .
So all of this points to Ricky’s dad as a gay, violent, (former?) Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, stubborn and seriously suspicious, and has never cared about his wife or son, and is also a strong denial of himself. I think that the cabinet with the Nazi dishes has a certain meaning to him, but forgive me for not knowing enough about American history so I can’t answer
that it’s such a person, when I and my family know my sexuality. Only he himself tried every means to deny, to slander people like him, just to keep himself "within the rules",
so why did he kill the actor in the end?
Some people say that Carolyn killed Lester and then Frank killed his wife. It's actually wrong. Actually Frank killed Lester, and Carolyn was also preparing to do it at the time, but she heard gunshots before she did it. She was scared to check the gun in her handbag, went back to their room and threw the gun and handbag into the closet. (Meaning to throw everything away) When she was clutching Lester's clothes in the closet, she realized that she loved Lester so much and felt sad that she wanted to kill him before. At this moment Frank returned to his house, his whole body was bloodied, and the third gun from the bottom of the gun rack was missing. At this moment Ricky tilted his head and looked at the dying Lester covered in blood, and said wow. .
I think it would be insufficient to shoot him just because Ricky had sex with him. (Even if that’s not true) His self-esteem shattered instantly when he kissed Lester and was rejected, and he stubbornly believed that only Lester knew the secret of being gay (just as he stubbornly thought that Ricky was earned by waiters Same as more money) Therefore, the only way is for him to pick up the pistol and jump Lester. This is the climax of the whole film. All the contradictions go back to Lester’s home, Lester and little Lori, Ricky and Janie’s elopement, gay Frank, and Carolyn’s relationship with Lester, and if it wasn’t for Frank to kill him, it would be great It may be Carolyn, which is bound to be his death date.
All of the above is derived through some reasoning, and it may be different from the original film plot. I have tried to circle my doubts in some places, and I hope that the masters can discuss it together.
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