They never said but I think it was because she nagged and demeaned him. Plus, didn't he have someone else he had something going on with (the long distance calls he made)?
Yes I forgot about Jeff watching him dial and noting it was long distance... Also, I think her belongings were picked up by a woman at the other end... Thank you for reminding me! Definitely needs a re-watch :)
Yes, he seemed to be cheating with the long distance calls and another woman shows up the same night of the murder. whenever we saw him with the wife they were fighting.
It's a kind of I guess you'd call it a plot device, except it doesn't really have anything to do with advancing the plot. In other words, we didn't have to know why he killed his wife, didn't take anything away from following the movie. :-)
MacGuffin was a term coined by Hitchcock and/or somebody else along with him (I don't recall who.) It's a plot device that's very important to the characters, but "the audience don't care" as Hitch put it. In other words, like Karen said, it isn't necessary for us to understand it. But without the MacGuffin, there would't be a story because it's the thing that gets the characters to take action.
Odpowiedź użytkownika Karen
24 lutego 2017 o godz. 8:48AM
They never said but I think it was because she nagged and demeaned him. Plus, didn't he have someone else he had something going on with (the long distance calls he made)?
Odpowiedź użytkownika bluersun
24 lutego 2017 o godz. 9:41AM
Yes I forgot about Jeff watching him dial and noting it was long distance... Also, I think her belongings were picked up by a woman at the other end... Thank you for reminding me! Definitely needs a re-watch :)
Odpowiedź użytkownika bestdayever
6 marca 2017 o godz. 6:25PM
Yes, he seemed to be cheating with the long distance calls and another woman shows up the same night of the murder. whenever we saw him with the wife they were fighting.
Odpowiedź użytkownika bluersun
6 marca 2017 o godz. 6:57PM
Cheers!
Odpowiedź użytkownika jann
7 marca 2017 o godz. 6:22PM
It doesn't matter because the murder was a MacGuffin.
Odpowiedź użytkownika bluersun
7 marca 2017 o godz. 6:41PM
What's a MacGuffin??
Odpowiedź użytkownika Karen
7 marca 2017 o godz. 6:50PM
It's a kind of I guess you'd call it a plot device, except it doesn't really have anything to do with advancing the plot. In other words, we didn't have to know why he killed his wife, didn't take anything away from following the movie. :-)
Odpowiedź użytkownika bluersun
7 marca 2017 o godz. 6:57PM
Ok cheers, still I was just curious as to why and as mentioned above, there's at least a couple of clues... Thank you!
Odpowiedź użytkownika jann
7 marca 2017 o godz. 8:13PM
MacGuffin was a term coined by Hitchcock and/or somebody else along with him (I don't recall who.) It's a plot device that's very important to the characters, but "the audience don't care" as Hitch put it. In other words, like Karen said, it isn't necessary for us to understand it. But without the MacGuffin, there would't be a story because it's the thing that gets the characters to take action.
Odpowiedź użytkownika genplant29
10 listopada 2019 o godz. 9:31AM
Another MacGuffin in this movie is the mystery regarding what's transpired in the flower bed.