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Scott is about to commit suicide when Rigg walks in and provokes him into raping her. As she is the one who reaffirms his potency (he's halfdrunk, of course, and she's asking for it, so the rape is morally all right), it's quite conceivable that he should fall in love with her--an ex post facto defense of his actions, a justification of his renewed will to live, and so forth. But the film doesn't examine any of these possible motivations: "And so they fell in love." Period...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Doctor Scott | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

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