Whatever became of Lloyd and Diane?
Say Anything showed on cable twice last night. The one time I skipped school it was to go see a matinee showing of this movie. I watched it dozens of more times through college, but hadn’t seen it in probably a decade.
Until recently, movies have never been intended for repeat viewings and the scrutiny they invite. For example, it’s well known that Jeremy Piven was in several early Cusack films. Watching those films now, it’s funny to see the guy who would become Ari Gold regress into the “give me my keys!” guy. It’s just as awkward to see Piven in One Crazy Summer or Grosse Pointe Blank.
I think my entire high school class saw themselves in Say Anything and to be honest, we still do. Watching it twenty years later, we think back to that same time in our lives. The decisions we made at the time that we thought were so momentous, but in hindsight weren’t. I probably shouldn’t, but watching the movie now, I think back to things I might have done differently. Girls I might have asked out. Friends I might have made. Meh.
Back to the repeated viewing thing. After watching the movie back in April, I came up with a few observations I emailed to a friend of mine. Watching it again last night, I still have questions.
So Diane goes into her dad’s office, pries open the chest on top of the desk. The chest was stacked three across and I’m guessing somewhere between 8 and 10 deep with bundles of hundred dollar bills. This means the chest had somewhere between $250k and $300k. Maybe more? There had to be another stack somewhere. But let’s say for argument it was $300k.
The deal the dad struck with the government was 9 months and $150k. This leaves at least $150k in cash lying around plus whatever he had in his pirate chest in the backyard.
What does he do with the money? Does Diane take it when offered? Or does she just stay in Europe and live the life of an art history major? That’s what I want to know.
Lloyd actually did better than all of them. He had a buddy who got him into Amazon in about 1997 or so. It was a perfect slacker gig. He’s now in charge of some music category and pulling down six figures. He’s set. Wife, maybe couple of kids. Probably has a house in the old neighborhood.
But what became of Diane? And, more importantly, what became of the money?
These are questions I have. Any guesses?
