IN THE BEDROOM

In the Christian Bible it says: "Vengeance is mine, Sayeth the Lord". "In The Bedroom" is a story of vengeance. It is about how the murder of their son changes toe relationship between two respectable and respected two people. The basic story is simple: The son of a doctor and his wife who teaches in the local school falls in love with a young woman, mother of two young children, separated from her abusive husband. The young man even puts off college (he wants to be an architect). The abusive husband is the son of the town's rich family. The young wife wants nothing more to do with her husband. He wants to get back together. He claims he wants this for the sake of their children. At the same time, the young woman is not thought of kindly by the doctor and his wife. She is obviously "lower class". The parents feel she is keeping their son from reaching his ambition to be an architect. There is a grudging acceptance by the parents, but they don't want this affair to become anything deeper.

The son, who helps out on a fishing boat, is at his girl's home, when her husband threatens to come in. The front door is locked, but the husband forces his way into the house. There is a confrontation between him and the young man. Shots are heard. The young wife, scared and upstairs guarding the children, runs downstairs to see her boyfriend lying dead on the floor. Her husband is holding the smoking gun. At the trial, because of his family's pos

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his dominance over wife and children gone. Even the children like the new boyfriend. They even relate to the older couple who somehow (and against the wife's better judgment) erect a swing set in their yard for these kids. As the father, then, sees his children's affection wane and they become closer to the "new" man in the house, his anger and frustration get the best of him. His physical anger toward his wife, his short temper, his being kept out of what he calls "my house" (she says, "No, it's MY house!")- all that led to the final confrontation. And yet, one has to look at his side for a moment. He was displaced. He was replaced. He was no longer in control. And control was what he wanted and needed. Let's talk about the idea of "control" for a moment. Because it really is the underlying subject in this movie. Each of the major characters is somehow involved- positively or negatively- in controlling their lives and the lives of others. First, the parents: as I said above, their physical affection seems to be little or nothing. Yet, they sleep in the same bed. But, they might as well be in separate bedrooms. It has become a "custom" not a commitment. They have gotten used to it, and somehow aren't about to change. The doc

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