Could not disagree more about The Getaway - IMHO the ending
is absolutely brilliant - one of Thompson's best, and he had
some great ones: Savage Night, Hell of a Woman, Pop. 1280,
After Dark, My Sweet to mention a few.
**********************************************************
Spoiler:
Doc and Carol spend the book trying to work through their
suspicions and resentment towards each other - Carol sleeping
with someone to get Doc his parole, but the problem is Doc's
not sure she's not working in league with this guy, and Carol
not sure Doc can get past his distrust. So here you have them
finally realizing that they do love each other but it makes
no difference - their final destination is a criminal resort
that amounts to hell. In order to survive they have to betray
each other, and ultimately kill one another. Next to Double
Indemnity and Something Happened, this may be one of my
favorite endings.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@y...> wrote:
>
> Jay Gertzman wrote:
>
> I saw the two films made of Thompson's THE
GETAWAY
> recently and could not help noticing that
neither
> would touch the wonderful ending of the
novel...
>
> *************
> I thought the ending of the book was weak.
It
> contradicted the protagonists' character. I
thought
> both movies were wise in dumping Thompson's
ill-fitted
> capitalistic allegory.
>
> miker
>
>
>
>
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