His last date...
Just wondering if she had actually killed herself with the harikari knife? I was unsure if it was a trick knife or if Harold had some way of not actually hurting himself.
shareJust wondering if she had actually killed herself with the harikari knife? I was unsure if it was a trick knife or if Harold had some way of not actually hurting himself.
The film shows right after she say "oh happy dagger" that she takes the blade, presses it against her hand to test it. This is exactly what the script describes:
SUNSHINE
(continuing)
Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief.
Oh happy dagger!...
She takes stunned Harold's dagger, pressing the blade
back and forth in the handle to see how it operates.
And is also what is in Higgins' novelization of the film:
"Oh, happy dagger!" she cried. She took a moment out to test it, pushing the blade into the handle and seeing how it squirted out blood. Satisfied, she ontinued.
It also seems to me that "death scene" is over the top acting-wise. My sense is that Ellen Geer is a doing good acting job, portraying Sunshine as a poor actress as she does Juliet's death scene. I do not believe it is Ellen Geer overacting in doing Sunshine's death scene. share