And then they sacrificed the goat. Why? How could that have been in character with Cassavettes character?
That was it for me. Totally unnecessary. I don't care how they justified it or tied it in later.
And while it was quite a pleasure to see Cassavettes and his ageless beautiful Gena again, the story just made no real sense. By his age, unless he was totally devoid of any human emotion at all, any kind of raw intelligence, his hemingway-esque attitude of manhood was simply brutal stupidity on display.
One wonders how many who approached Philip's age likewise realized they had wasted their lives and couldn't just simply bask in the blessings they had been given (lovely loving wife, excellent job, sweet daughter).
Nope. A stupid, stupid man.
But then, perhaps that was the point.
And if so, Cassavettes pulled it off brilliantly.
