Bloody finale of the film "If".

What we all wish our high school graduation was like, especially if you went to a preppy boarding school.

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• prep
• school
• high
• massacre
• If
• malcolm
• mcdowell
• england
• guns
• killing
• graduation
• lindsay
• anderson
• sten
• bren
• boarding

[carverbrian]

Also, the entire scene is probably a dream or fantasy sequence, watch the film...

[yda1740]

What is the piece played on the organ? I know in the film it is the school song, but is the melody taken from a hymn?

[orchidtender]

@duckgeezer In my opinion, she didn't. He imagined the interaction. My hypothesis is that any scene in which she appears is completely imaginary.

That's not to say that the two of them going to that coffee shop and havingt coffee did ir didn't happen - it's possible. But that "The Girl" served them - as opposed to an unremarkable server we never see - is fantasy.

[duckgeezer]

@orchidtender  then how did she serve them both with coffee?

[Rasberrysundae101]

is it some demon that crawls into your brain?

[skittlehappymatt]

Enough is remembered though, li'l Alex!

[orchidtender]

@MaxwellTurn You are probably right, but the lack of realism/damage during the gun battle was typical of action films of that era. They were nowhere near as "authentic" as today's modern audiences expect from a movie. Whether it was intentional in this case is certainly open to interpretation.

[shadycharacter220]

@orchidtender yeah my point exactly lol. i like it my way

[orchidtender]

@shadycharacter220 while correct, I believe that any interaction between anyone and the girl is purely in Travis' mind. She only appears in fantasy scenes.

But it's open to interpretation, and there is no "right" answer.

[shadycharacter220]

@orchidtender not true, ive watched it about 5 times now, in the coffee shop the girl is also visible to the other guy (is he johnny? cant remember).

[orchidtender]

@shadycharacter220 If you re-watch the movie you will notice that "Girl" (Christine Noonan) was only visible to Travis (McDowell). Any of the scenes in which she appears are fantasy scenes in Travis' mind.