am I right that at the end of the movie when cady is cornering nancy, and she pics up a fire poker, his face is all lusty but when she acts like she's gonna defend herself with the fire poker, his face goes all evil, is that because his wife try's to hit him over the head with the firepoker??? i might b wrong... please say if i'm makin a goof out of myself
shareI think you're wrong, because earlier on, cady told Sam that he had made the story up.
shareCady made that story up? When and where did he say this, I can't remember this in the movie? ? ?
shareHe didn't say he made it up, he said it was "fun and games" or something like that, implying that what he did to his wife wasn't as serious as what he'd do to Peggy.
shareI turned on the subtitles it says, "You remember the story I told you about my old lady? That was just laughs counselor, that was kid stuff."
I can see where one would think he made it up, but I think he meant that what he did to his wife he considers small time compared to what he will do to Bowden's wife and daughter. I can very well imagine a man like Cady doing that to his wife.
No, that's not right. It appears that Cady is going to rape Nancy after he pulls the poker from her hand but is interrupted. No one was trying to hit him with anything in that scene.
It is certainly the case that Scorsese's film greatly elaborates the climactic scenes, which was breathtaking in its violence. By contrast, the rumble between Cady & Sam in the original version was like a schoolyard tussle.
But the original is quite a thriller. Robert Mitchum was just terrific as the vengeful Cady, the embodiment of male lust & sexual violence.
The original Cape also benefited from the unmistakable Bernard Herrmann score.