The Film: Léon (1994)
The Inappropriate: The relationship that these two share is an odd one.
Blanching at a father-daughter dynamic, their mutual love and respect exists somewhere in an uncomfortable realm that deems it acceptable for Léon to train young Mathilda in gun warfare while also letting her get drunk (in the film’s extended version).
How They Make It Work: It does work in a way for a while. But, in narrative, subtextual terms, Léon is punished for his killer ways by meeting his maker.
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chriskilmartin
Feb 12th 2010, 12:56
wheres the predator and the woman in avp1?
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joshwinning
Feb 12th 2010, 19:11
@chriskilmartin Yep, good one; I could have gone on forever with this list, there are that many!
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BeefOven
Mar 10th 2010, 10:00
Howard the Duck & Beverly!! Surely #1 material?
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OHgingerbread
Oct 25th 2010, 14:33
What about Lolita? That's by far the strangest thing I've seen.
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