The finale of this New Orleans melodrama has always left me a-gaga. By what logic does Julie think she can save Preston by going with him to that restricted island?
The quarantined area, according to the film's description, is tantamount to a leper colony. There's no apparent hope for its indigent inhabitants and, with no known cure available, it's all downhill from there.
So when Julie pleads and persuades Amy to let Julie go and tend Preston, is this supposed to exonerate her from her past selfish and manipulative acts? Can this ultimate sacrifice finally wrest her from her Jezebel sins?
To me, it only makes her look foolish and, frankly, I thought Julie had more sense than that. Then again, within the world of wet period romance, perhaps 'tis a far, far better world to which she now goes than whatever might await her back on the ol' plantation.
The quarantined area, according to the film's description, is tantamount to a leper colony. There's no apparent hope for its indigent inhabitants and, with no known cure available, it's all downhill from there.
So when Julie pleads and persuades Amy to let Julie go and tend Preston, is this supposed to exonerate her from her past selfish and manipulative acts? Can this ultimate sacrifice finally wrest her from her Jezebel sins?
To me, it only makes her look foolish and, frankly, I thought Julie had more sense than that. Then again, within the world of wet period romance, perhaps 'tis a far, far better world to which she now goes than whatever might await her back on the ol' plantation.