and while on the subject of mothers, While not at the end, Sophie's Choice is one hell of a tear fest. On board a train to get gassed, a German Lt. is going to let Sophie and her children off. One catch though, from her boy and girl the mother has to choose one to live. The other will die. Sophie's Choice. I stopped going to movies like this. Getting totally bummed out is not my idea of entertainment
it was supposed to imply that when enough humans are acting "bad"...that a plague will hit them. i agree, some high and mighty PT anderson biblical symbolism shit, but it does make sense.