At the scene with Anna's art show, what does Anna mean when she tells Larry that he is the cat who got the cream?
Closer (2004) - 9 questions
Directed by Mike Nichols, starring Clive Owen, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman
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At the scene with Anna's art show, what does Anna mean when she tells Larry that he is the cat who got the cream? Before Dan and Alice left for Anna's show, why didn't Dan want Alice to travel with him after the show? I know he wanted to go and talk to Anna, but since he almost gets into a car and then suddenly changes his mind, it seemed like he had just then decided to go and try to talk to Anna. *spoilers* I read that in the play, Alice is hit by a car and killed. At the end of the movie, we see her walking down a street, and she keeps walking as a light changes to a red hand sign. Is this supposed to mean that she also gets hit by a car in this version, but the movie ends and doesn't show her being hit? How did Larry find out what club Alice/Jane works at? Did he just find her there by coincidence? [It appears so. Nothing else suggested he knew where she worked. More that he was just going to different clubs and drinking and camed across the club Alice was working at.] Answered by Lummie I don't understand the scene where Alice and Dan break up at the end, and why Alice says that she "would have" loved Dan forever. Did she do this because he tried to trick her into revealing that she slept with Larry, when he knew about it all along? [In a nutshell Alice broke up with Dan because she knew Dan wouldn't be able to get over the situation with her sleeping with Larry. The statement about loving him forever was more that she loved him but his insistency on knowing the real truth was never going to change. It didn't really have anything to do with tricking her as she had already revealed she didn't want to be with Dan. The fact that he had had to hear it from her probably confirmed her feelings he wouldn't be able to get past the affair.] Answered by Lummie After leaving Larry for Dan, why did Anna break-up with him and reunite with Larry? [Guilt. Dan tells Larry so when he confronts him in his office.] Answered by Boobra In the stage play Alice/Jane dies. What was the cause of death? [I saw the play some years ago in London, and I seem to remember she gets run over by a car.] Answered by Ioreth What is the song the woman sings during the trailer? ['Caramel' by Suzanne Vega.] Answered by Jane Doe I know this movie was based on a Broadway play. Does anyone know how it is revealed in the play what Alice's real name is, and also how Dan realizes that "Alice Ayers" was a fake name? Both of these facts are revealed in the movie without dialogue, so I was wondering what the play was like. [The play ends quite differently from the film. Larry and Anna meet in the park with the plaques - they are no longer together, they are each dating someone new. Larry points out the "Alice Ayers" plaque to Anna, who reads it out loud. Larry notes how she made up everything about herself. Anna says she is meeting Dan there, he asked to see her. When Dan arrives, with a suitcase, Larry leaves. Dan says the police in New York called to tell him "Jane Jones" had died, and he learns that was Alice's real name. He is on his way to New York. The End.]You may also like: Cloverfield | Bring It On: All or Nothing | Bring It On Again | Bring it On | Babylon 5