Originally posted by The Puppet Mistress:
[QB]The ending had a good twist to it but did Max jump in the garbage lorry or has he gone to start another life for himself? Not satisfactory at all!!
Then there was the rape scene in the car! Up to that point I had no feeling for Noodles one way or another (not a good sign) but hated him after that - what was it all about? Didn't he love this woman?
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Ok well first off as for the Max jumping into the garbage truck, that is just meant for the veiwer to decide. You see that wasn't even James... oh dear i've forgotten his name... well the actor who played max. They decided that it'd be to just dress an extra up like him and shoot it from a distance so the man would be unidentifiable. It was also supposed to be from Noodles' perspective. He mentioned in the scene prior to this that his "eyes aren't any good, even with my glasses" so he was in a way fore shadowing. Leone wanted the veiwers to see it from Noodles point of veiw, and wanted to leave a bit of question in the fans and allow them to sort of debate it. I highly suggest you try watching it with the commentary they explain it a little better then that.
Now for deborah and Noodles encounter in the limo. What Noodles did was completely out of his own selfishness you could say, and the emotional complexity which I personally think makes the character the masterpeice it is. He loved her so much, that he just had to have her disregaurdless of the consquences. Just take a moment to digest that. I hope this helped, and I also recomend you try watching the film with the commentary on.
