The movie that came to mind was Unforgiven. The arc of William Munny going from psychotic killer to mourning husband and struggling father to gun for hire to alcoholic avenging angel to father moving on is brilliant. The movie, in the end, tells us he is purported to have moved to San Francisco with his kids. Fascinating note: in the original screenplay, David Webb Peoples has Munny returning home. His son asks him if he killed anyone, and he says no. Eastwood decided that ending was unnecessary, and just added the narrative coda. Implied is that as no one ever heard of him again, he lived his life out without further incident. And as a sober alcoholic myself, I conclude that was his last drinking episode.
I like this. You made me realize that Harrion's other cinematic alter ego also split with a spouse due to a "dead" son...
Yep. "Daddy issues" is a genre all its own in Hollywood.
die hard Wolverine fan here, and I think LOGAN really got it right.
Absolutely.
Thanks Cole. I needed that timely reminder.
Glad it helped in any way!
Loved this breakdown and deconstruction of the story mechanics. Very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Joseph. I'm glad to hear you took anything from it!
The movie that came to mind was Unforgiven. The arc of William Munny going from psychotic killer to mourning husband and struggling father to gun for hire to alcoholic avenging angel to father moving on is brilliant. The movie, in the end, tells us he is purported to have moved to San Francisco with his kids. Fascinating note: in the original screenplay, David Webb Peoples has Munny returning home. His son asks him if he killed anyone, and he says no. Eastwood decided that ending was unnecessary, and just added the narrative coda. Implied is that as no one ever heard of him again, he lived his life out without further incident. And as a sober alcoholic myself, I conclude that was his last drinking episode.