The motorcycle cop in "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
Feb 12, 2023 19:33:18 GMT
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Post by MacGuffin on Feb 12, 2023 19:33:18 GMT
I bet I've seen this movie a dozen times, and just today something new struck me.
The night of the botched murder attempt a motorcycle cop witnesses a cat outside the diner. The next day the DA visits the scene of the "accident" along with the motorcycle cop, and the cop notices the electrocuted cat.
He seems affected by the death of the cat. "Never seen a prettier cat", he says. Then three times he repeats "Killed her deader than a doornail", as if he's a little stunned. He is grieving the loss of the cat.
And Frank is looking at him like he's from Mars. The idea that a human could possibly care about the life of a cat was incomprehensible to Frank. Frank, who was willing to take a good man's life for nothing more than lust, was utterly confused by compassion.
The night of the botched murder attempt a motorcycle cop witnesses a cat outside the diner. The next day the DA visits the scene of the "accident" along with the motorcycle cop, and the cop notices the electrocuted cat.
He seems affected by the death of the cat. "Never seen a prettier cat", he says. Then three times he repeats "Killed her deader than a doornail", as if he's a little stunned. He is grieving the loss of the cat.
And Frank is looking at him like he's from Mars. The idea that a human could possibly care about the life of a cat was incomprehensible to Frank. Frank, who was willing to take a good man's life for nothing more than lust, was utterly confused by compassion.
