Question about "A River Runs Through It.'

[The Shadow]

...at the end of the movie, Paul*Brad Pitts) character has been murdered....they specifically stated that all the bones in his hand were broken.....more psecifically, his right hand...


any idea what that's about.

 

[The Shadow]

aap?

 

[AAP]

that was the hand he :

dealt cards with

used for fly fishing


I can't remember if he played ball.

 

[The Shadow]

I htought it was about the fishing...cool...but why do that if you beat him to death??

lol

 

[The Shadow]

lmao....maybe the death part was an accident?

 

[AAP]

shit, now you got me wondering.... we need to find something online about this.

 

[AAP]

Or it was his drinking hand or the hand he used to shake on the bets.... I don't know... I think they intended to beat him to death.

 

[nice6pac]

thats the hand he used to beat off with

 

[AAP]

thats the hand he used to beat off with

In that case, killing him afterwards was just mercy.

 

[strangebrew]

thx for ruining the movie for me

 

[The Shadow]

thx for ruining the movie for me

Its a decade old slow ass.

 

[strangebrew]

yeah but one day i might have watched, but now? not

 

[AAP]

yeah but one day i might have watched, but now? not

Then you have robbed yourself of a great movie experience.

 

[rnch]

after repeated viewings of this underrated movie, i think all the bones in his right hand was broken because he smashed them all to pieces on the skulls of the person(s) who murdered him, in a vain attempt to defend himself against oncoming death.

this type of person would not had surrendered easily to an attacker. several scenes in the movie alude to his inner toughness and bare knuckle fighting ability. he was truly a man who loved living and loved life itsownself; someone who would try to triumph over an atacker and live.




i have tried several times to locate the book on which this movie was based, no luck!

 

[OXANDRIN]

that movie was about alcohalism and gambling

 

[ajtomasi]

well the porno that was based on A River Runs Through It, Twinks in a River, states that his hand was broken due to anal fisting.

don't know if this helps but . . .

 

[Ffactor]

rnch has thge answer. I have read the short story and seen the movie many times.

 

[HUCKLEBERRY FINNaplex]

As stated above,they were broken in a furious exchange,that's why the father asks,"Which hand?"