QDid Laura really care about Brendan?
AIt can be argued both ways. She clearly takes advantage of people, but there reason to believe that she did care about Brendon since she did tell him to stay away from the sit down since she knew it would likely turn ugly if it was discovered that she stole the brick, and she states that she does admire Brendan for what he is doing for Emily, as she does not know anyone who would do something like that for her. She has a dark side, but she also knows that he does too, which she makes clear at the end of the film. Both characters are smart and lonely, and perhaps these combination of qualities makes him attractive to her.On the other hand, she is manipulative to most characters in the film, including Brendan at times, and in the end, it is hard to know when she is being deceptive or not. She is very intelligent, but not trust worthy, even when she is telling the truth.The original script has a reference that may indicate that she may have had genuine feelings for him. Here's a passage from the original script...Laura: Don't go tonight.Brendan: I've got to make sure it plays out smooth.Laura: It'll play however it plays without you there.Brendan: I've got to make sure.Laura: Why?Brendan: 'Cause if there's war, I'm in it too.Laura: Well let's just, I mean why not just run away. Go somewhere. I've got a car.Brendan: *Gives Laura a wry look*Laura: I've got an aunt in New Orleans, she wouldn't care.Brendan: *Grins*Laura: Yeah, it's a stupid thing, but think about it, why not? What, school? C'mon. Family?Brendan: All right, stop.It could be read it as her just trying to get him out the way, but New Orleans? There might be something else to it. Also, at the end of the novella, Laura says, "I loved you" to Brendan.
QWhat is the mark on Tug's forehead?
ASome viewers have inquired into what the mark on Tugs forehead is. It has sometimes been referred to as a strand of hair hanging down from under his hat, but its actually a scar. There's also a passage in the original novella where Tug talks about how he got the scar..."By eight that night the rain had thinned into a marine mist. I trotted down a narrow sandy path and out onto the beach. A bonfire blazed a few hundred yards away. Stuffing my hands in my pockets I trudged towards it, but was only halfway there when I came upon two boys. One was rattling off a story full steam, shadowboxing for emphasis. It was Tugger.""...takes me for a schmoe that I'm gonna back off, so I take the first guy with a belt below the belt, which, since I'm outnumbered, so the second and third guys pin me but I flip one over onto the other one, peg this one into the ground with his buddy, then I just kick hell for leather and I figure one left, the gig's duck soup, but no this guy whips around and what's he got a pole with a thing on the end you put paint rollers on, but there aint a paint roller, so it's just this metal thing he whips and I just you know fall back and kick his legs out then rub him up, but I get walking away and whoa, it's raining or what, no it's blood, I got sliced on the face. Here. So that's what that is. No big deal.""Shuck, man." said the other in admiration, shaking his head. Tug lit a joint. The warm glow gleamed off the triangular SCAR on his face."
QWho ended up with the brick?
ALaura ended up with the brick after double crossing everyone and stealing it. She stole the brick from the Pin's home before the sit down at his house, stashed it in her locker at school and returning to Tug's house, where she attended to Brendan prior to the meeting. From behind the scenes, she fueled the rivalry between The Pin and Tug's crew. She set them up to make the Pin believe that Tug only agreed to come to his house not to settle differences, but to steal the brick, thus leading them both into what Brendan describe as a slaughterhouse.At the end, Laura grades Brendan's tale, telling him "That's most of it. Nine out of ten." In addition to the facts that Laura does tell Brendon, the less than perfect score refers to the that fact that his story is not complete. She indicates that Emily had been pregnant for 3 months with his baby.
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