Bound (1996)

In the Wachowski brothers' (Lilly (at the time Andrew) and Lana (at the time Laurence/Larry)) debut film where they functioned as both writers and directors, the clever, erotic crime-thriller and stylishly sexy neo-noir gangster film was advertised as the first mainstream Hollywood film with a prominent lesbian relationship (in a bisexual love triangle) between a scheming pair of femme fatales - the film's main characters.

The controversial film's title "Bound" referred to the way in which the two female protagonists, dual femme fatales, were connected to each other, and also how the more feminine of the two lesbians was completely owned or entrapped by the patriarchal, chauvinistic, and controlling men in her life, and regarded sleeping with men as only "business" or "work." The more butchy-dyke lesbian was also bound by her ex-con past with limited career possibilities.

The semi-exploitational, stylish, visually-impressive movie, filmed mostly in a few closed and claustrophobic locations, contained various twists, convoluted turns, double-crosses, and unexpected circumstances, although none of the surprises were completely baffling or contrived. The plot was a generically set-up heist film, but as in most of these instances, the simple-sounding getaway plan with the money went awry, and it soon became difficult to tell who was trustworthy. The film's McGuffin was the briefcase with the $2 million in cash, that changed hands numerous times (and for a while was filled with decoy newspapers). There were moments of dark and macabre humor as well as excessive and striking violence.

The movie included the abundant use of suggestive double-entendres, and metaphoric objects symbolizing anatomical sexual parts: a drain-snake with a warning ("DON'T FORCE SNAKE - SLOW AND EASY DOES IT"), a dripping water pipe, a briefcase lock and front door lock being broken into, the interior of a gun barrel, etc. Later, it was learned that co-director Lana Wachowski became the first major Hollywood director to come out as a transgender woman.

The film's main taglines were: "Violet and Corky are making laundry day a very big deal," and "In their world, you can't buy freedom, but you can steal it" - a shorthand description of the plot. On a budget of $4.5 million, the film grossed $3.8 million in revenue.

• during the grayish opening title credits, the camera moved around the interior of a female's wardrobe closet, containing high-heeled stiletto shoes in ordered pairs, and dresses on hangers; and then shockingly, there was a view of a female, later identified as Corky (Gina Gershon), tied up with rope, and gagged and lying on the floor of the closet; a disjointed and fragmented voice-over of future dialogues in the film included these snatches of lines: "I had this image of you inside of me, like a part of me," and "All part of the business"
• the film flashbacked to an introductory sequence in an upscale, gated Chicago apartment building's elevator, where Corky - a tattooed, butch, hard-body lesbian and ex-con, had her first glance at seductive-looking Violet (Jennifer Tilly) - a breathy, high-pitched, baby-voiced closeted bisexual; the sultry, pampered Violet, a smart but "kept woman" and trophy wife for the previous five years, was accompanied by her white, Italian mafioso boyfriend, wiseguy mobster Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), a middle-man and money-launderer; there was unspoken sexual tension that sizzled between the two females from this point onward
• tough, hardened, short-haired, James Dean-like Corky was newly-released from prison (after serving "five years, two months, 16 days" for theft); she wore a typical workman's outfit - a white ribbed tank top, boots, a black leather cycle jacket, work pants, and piercings; due to her plumbing and painting skills, she had been hired by unseen Mr. Don Bianchini (an ex-con himself) to renovate and remodel Apt. # 1003, next door to the 10th floor penthouse apartment where Caesar and Violet lived
• as Corky was clearing a clogged bathtub drain with a portable snake-router, Violet knocked on the door, mentioned the noisy power tools heard through the thin walls, revealed two cups of coffee, and offered her a break; Corky explained how her renovation job was only temporary: ("You know, one day at a time"); the flirtatious Violet was fishing for Corky's sexual preference by asking about her coffee choice: ("I guessed you were straight black"), and complimented the '61 Chevy C-10 Apache truck-driving Corky on her manly ability to fix things with her calloused hands
• Corky visited a lesbian bar with the suggestive name The Watering Hole, where she spoke to her female friend bartender Sue (Mary Mara); after over five years in prison, Corky admitted: "I'm just here to get laid"; to the tune of Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," she saunted over to a booth in the back of the bar, where she attempted to pick up a femme lesbian named Jesse (the film's lesbian intimacy coordinator Susie Bright, a sex educator), but her attempt failed when Jesse's butch girlfriend-cop (Margaret Smith) flashed her badge at her; as she left, Corky suggested that they could get together later if Jesse became single: "When you get tired of Cagney & Lacey, find me"

Corky - A Butchy, Dyke Lesbian Playing a Jaw Harp on Her Bed

Violet - A Full-Figured, Sultry Bisexual

• then shortly later, Corky was interrupted by a phone call from her employer, relaying a message from the next-door neighbor Violet, who had engineered a situation to bring Corky over to her apartment; her excuse was that she had lost an earring down the kitchen sink drain while doing the dishes; after finding the object, Violet offered money but was turned down, although Corky accepted a beer instead
• in a sofa seduction scene with her bulging cleavage showing, black lingerie-wearing Violet asked: "Do I make you nervous, Corky?"; their conversation turned inquisitive (they were "curious" about each other), and Violet complimented Corky on her right arm's labrys tattoo [Note: The double-headed axe symbol was an indication of her lesbian leanings and feminine strength.]; Violet shared a peeking view of her own left breast tattoo ("I have a tattoo. Would you like to see it?"); as she rubbed the tattoo, she explained: "But now I love the way it feels. Here. Touch it," and then admitted boldly: "I'm trying to seduce you...I've wanted to ever since I saw you in the elevator"

Violet's Apartment-Sofa Seduction of Corky

• Violet then moistened Corky's finger with her mouth and placed it tantalizingly between her legs, as she confessed and proved her true feelings: "You can't believe what you'd see, but you can believe what you feel. I've been thinking about you all day"; Violet became visibly orgasmic as she was touched and admitted she had planned the seduction by purposely dropping her earring down the drain - she begged for a kiss ("Please, kiss me") - their mouths came close to each other in full-closeup
• as they were in the throes of passion, Violet's boyfriend Caesar arrived home and awkwardly interrupted their stimulating encounter: ("What the f--k is this?"); he immediately felt threatened and thought he had caught Violet having sex with a man, but stopped short when he noticed Corky was gay: ("I thought... f--kin' dark in here"); he was introduced to Corky, and apologized for his crude behavior: "I'm sorry. Hi, welcome to the family"; to assert his dominance over her, he pressured her to accept a wad of cash - his way of forcing her to remain loyal to the "family" and to keep things private
• Corky departed to continue her work next door: ("I got to go clean out my brushes"); at the end of her long work-day, as Corky was about to drive off in her truck, Violet entered the cab to unexpectedly apologize: "I'm apologizing for what I didn't do" - she urged the two of them to finish what they started - in Corky's apartment ("Do you have a bed somewhere?")

The Lesbian Love-Making Scene Between Violet (on top) and Corky (below) in Corky's Apartment

• their first fully-nude, explicit consummation of love-making scene in Corky's dimly-lit apartment room was intimately filmed for a mainstream film with two female leads playing lesbians; in a single-take, the camera slowly circled counter-clockwise around the bed, as Violet (above) was manipulating Corky (below) with her hand and bringing her to orgasm; the camera viewed their breasts touching as they were engaged together; the two ultimately fell in love with each other after their titillating, Sapphic sexual liaison; by the next morning, Corky reacted: "I can see again," and Violet agreed: "I needed that"
• they chatted about how Caesar was a Mafia member (now updated and known as "The Business") who laundered money, and they had been together for five years; in three words, Corky described what crime she had committed - theft ("redistribution of wealth")
• after another sexual episode between them in Violet's bed, Corky appeared miffed about having recently overheard sounds of intercourse through the thin walls between Violet and a secret lover named Sheldon "Shelly" (Barry Kivel); Violet admitted that she regarded having sex with various mobsters as "work" - it was only for convenience sake and due to her desire to survive: ("What you heard wasn't sex...work...We make our own choices. We pay our own prices"); the two lesbians had a slight falling-out
• at a later time, Corky watched as Shelly was ominously driven in to the gated complex and strong-armed up to Caesar's apartment by a few of Caesar's mob associates; she listened to the pleading screams and torture of Shelly heard through the echoing bathroom's adjoining wall, and saw rippling water in her toilet bowl; in Caesar's bathroom after Shelly's head was dunked into the toilet water, there was a visually-striking image was of crimson-colored blood splatter hitting the sparkling white porcelain toilet bowl as Shelly's head was bashed into it; threats were shouted at the family's "money man" Shelly: "Where's the f--king money?"; Shelly had been accused of embezzlement - skimming $2 million dollars from the "family," and was about to be brutally tortured by hotheaded Johnnie Marzzone (Christopher Meloni); [Note: Johnnie was the son of Mafia boss "Gino" Marzzone (Richard C. Sarafian); Gino was the brother of the unseen higher-up mobster Angelo Marzzone, Johnnie's uncle.] the torture was also attended by Caesar's immediate superior Mickey "Mick" Malnato (John P. Ryan) and hulky hitman Lou (Peter Spellos)
• in the kitchen, the sensitive-minded and shaken-up Violet complained to Caesar that the violence was too much for her: "I can't take this. I have to get out of here"; although Caesar demanded that she stick around, Mickey urged her to leave and promised to cover for her ("I'll handle Caesar"); the worst of the torture was yet to come - Shelly's fingers were cut off one by one with a pair of pruning shears - a symbolic or metaphoric castration, as he was asked to confess: "Where's the money?"; meanwhile, Violet fled to the next-door apartment to seek solace, and she and Corky retreated to a nearby bar
• over conversation, Violet explained to Corky how Shelly was found to be skimming money, and that the violent ordeal had prompted her to make a life-altering decision to get out of the family permanently, and to start a new life: "I know what I want. I want out. I want a new life. I see what I've been waiting for, but I can't do it alone. I need your help, Corky"; she had already devised a plan to allow them to take advantage of the current situation; once the stolen $2 million in cash was retrieved, she predicted that it would be turned over to Caesar and he would bring it to the apartment for safe-keeping; at that point, they would have the opportunity to rip off the cash - their present-day detailed planning was cleverly cross-cut with a non-linear, visual montage of future events

Violet Explaining to Corky Her Scheme to Start a New Life

• Corky's first reaction was to reject Violet's foolhardy and risky idea: "You're asking me to help you f--k over the Mob. Violet, these people are serious...These people are worse than any cop because they have lots of money and no rules. You f--k them, you'd better do it right"; Corky even suggested that Violet might be lying to her, and was setting her up for the fall, like she might have fooled Shelly: ("All you'd need to keep yourself clean is someone unconnected: Someone like me"); Corky was highly skeptical: "You have no idea what you're asking, how much trust it takes two people to do something like this...I need to know someone like I know myself"; Violet attempted to assure Corky that she was completely trustworthy
• shortly later, Caesar suddenly burst into the apartment, hand-carrying a sack of retrieved money that literally needed to be "laundered" before mob boss Gino and son Johnnie arrived to collect it on the evening of the following day; Caesar explained how Shelly had led the mobsters to the money where Johnnie impulsively shot Shelly to death, before he could reveal where all the money was located; Caesar was very upset and angered by the senseless mess created - the recovered money was sprayed with his blood: ("Bang! Johnnie caps him. He capped Shelly! Blood goes flyin' everywhere, all over me, all over the money...Look at the s--t that I got to f--kin' deal with now"); Caesar explained his raging hatred of Johnnie and how he reacted by punching him in the face; in the meantime, the bloody $100 dollar bills now had to be washed, ironed and hung to dry on a makeshift clothesline, one by one; by late the next day, the locked case of cleaned money was on Caesar's office desk in the apartment
• according to Violet, Caesar had a long-running hatred for Johnnie, the son of the head of the Chicago mob: ("Caesar thinks Johnnie's a complete idiot, but, you know, what can you do? Johnnie runs Chicago 'cause Gino's his father"); the two schemed with a plan to steal the money during the pickup of the money in the apartment (Corky: "I've an idea how to make this work") - also seen in montage
• before the expected 8 pm arrival of Gino and Johnnie Marzzone at Caesar's apartment, just as Caesar was finishing taking a shower, Violet was to signal Corky next-door by 'accidentally' (purposefully) dropping a bottle of Glenlivet Scotch (Gino's favorite); Violet would volunteer to go out to purchase a replacement bottle, in order to allow Corky into the apartment to steal the money in the locked briefcase; Corky entered Caesar's office, picked the lock on the briefcase, removed the money, and replaced it with heavy stacks of newspapers; she then took the money next-door to await what happened next
• when Violet returned from the liquor store, she was to tell Caesar that she saw Johnnie leaving - and it was assumed that once Caesar discovered that the money was missing, he would naturally blame his rival Johnnie - the boss' son; according to their assumptions, at that point, Caesar would have no choice but to flee - and would probably end up dead: (Corky: "There's only one way out. He'll have to run" Violet: "And if he runs, everyone will assume he took the money" Corky: "You'll be clean, and we'll be rich")
• it seemed like a simple plan, but it was truly a risky strategy, and both females worried that the other one might be an untrustworthy double-crosser; Corky revealed that the reason she was caught and imprisoned for theft was because her female partner had betrayed her: ("She f--ked me!"); Violet promised she wouldn't be a repeat offender, prompting Corky to reply: "I think we're gonna find out"
• when Violet returned with the replacement bottle of Scotch, she told Caesar that she saw Johnnie leaving - she explained that he was by himself after arriving early: "I just saw Johnnie downstairs...It was him, Caesar. I'm positive"; since Johnnie's father Gino was still due to fly into Chicago, Johnnie was presumed to still be going to the airport to pick him up; on the way, it was conceivable that he stopped by Caesar's place, picked up the money (removed from the briefcase) ahead of time, but would still return later while the money was hidden or stashed either in his car or at his place
• once Caesar opened the briefcase on his desk and noticed that the money was gone and replaced by weighty newspapers - he reacted with shock and the entire POV of the film changed; from a low-angle, he stumbled about shocked, stunned and muttering to himself: "Oh, no. Oh!....I've been set up"; he was convinced that once Gino arrived, his excuse wouldn't be believable: "Look, the money is gone, right? Gino's coming to get it. Now, do you think Gino is going to believe me when I tell him his little rat-f--k son stole it?"; he worried that his life would be over: "I think I'm a dead man...Well, I know what Johnnie wants me to do. Johnnie wants me to run. He wants me out of here. But if I run, then everybody thinks I f--kin' did it, and he gets away with two million clean"
• Caesar began to react differently than expected; it was abhorrent to him that he was being made to look ridiculous ("laughing at me") and was being successfully framed; he was totally resistant to Violet's recommendation to immediately run off before it was too late; he insisted on seeking a different solution: "Just leave me the f--k alone...I-I-I just got to think"
• Violet phoned Corky next door - the camera creatively tracked the electronic phone call through telephone wires that entered the wall and emerged on the other side; the two decided to wait Caesar out and see what he would do, but it was already very clear that he refused to run
• Caesar's alternative strategy was to pursue Johnnie, kill him, and retrieve the money: ("I have to get the money back...Johnnie's got it. I gotta get it back...I've got the edge, he doesn't know I know...That jackoff's not gonna set me up. No way, no how, not like this"); in a panic herself and faking a nervous break-down, Violet cried as she told Caesar that she couldn't take it anymore and had to leave him: ("I'm leaving. I don't want any part of this s--t. I don't wanna be involved"); Caesar pulled out his gun and commanded Violet: "I need you...I can't let you leave, Violet. If you're not with me, I have to assume you're against me"; Caesar began to suspect that Violet and Johnnie had partnered up and were framing him: ("I've seen the way he looks at you. He's always wanted you. Maybe two million bucks finally bought ya"); Violet slapped him for the insinuation; he calmly apologized: "I'm sorry, Violet. I want to trust you. I hope you understand. I don't have any other choice" [Note: Caesar was actually correct in assuming he had been betrayed by Violet and her lover - not Johnnie, but Corky!]
• when Johnnie and Gino and his bodyguard Roy (Gene Borkan) arrived as originally expected - it appeared to Caesar that Violet may have possibly deceived him with her tale about how Johnnie had taken off with the money; Caesar had wisely awaited their arrival, rather than wildly pursuing Johnnie on his own; Violet's version of the story was highly improbable - why would Johnnie (after already taking the money) return with his father for the briefcase - with the money?; there was no reason for a second visit to retrieve the money - unless Johnnie wanted to continue the charade (to hide the fact that he had earlier taken the money); Caesar went ahead with the planned meeting to try and recover the money and discover who had really betrayed him
• during the visit, Johnnie began to further enrage the jealous Caesar by flirting with Violet; after a few moments, Gino asked Caesar point-blank: "Where is my money?"; Johnnie went further and insisted on pressuring Caesar to admit that he had "overreacted" to Johnnie's murder of Shelly by punching him in the face: ("YOU lost it. Not me. It was YOUR mistake"); Johnnie's outburst further enraged Caesar who demanded that he open up the briefcase; Johnnie unlocked the case with the key given to him by Caesar, and reacted upon seeing the newspapers: "What is this?"
• Caesar thought Johnnie was faking a reaction (and in cahoots with Violet) - he pulled out his gun and put the blame for the missing $2 million dollars on Gino's son: "Where is it, f--kface...the money?...Gino, your son stole this money to set me up. He f--kin' stole it, and I can prove it. Violet, tell them. Tell them!"; he asked for Violet to confirm what had happened, but it was already too late; during the violent confrontation in a stunning sequence, Caesar murdered all three in his living room: Gino, bodyguard Roy, and Johnnie, before his gun clicked empty

(l to r): Arrival of Bodyguard Roy, Gino, and Johnnie at Caesar's Apartment Front Door

Johnnie's Taunting of Caesar: "YOU lost it. Not me"

Caesar: "Gino, your son stole this money to set me up..."

• Caesar sought comfort from Violet: "I had to do it, Violet. You saw it. I had no choice. It was Johnnie. Lying rat-f--k. He made me do it"; he kicked Johnnie's corpse and held up his limp, bloodied body and mocked him: "Who's dead, f--kface? Who? Who? I can't hear you, Johnnie. Guess again..."
• Caesar's next move was to attempt to get the money back: ("If we get the money back, then none of this ever happened... Once we find the money, then everything's gonna be all right"); his plan was to make the bodies "disappear," to fool other mob associates into thinking that they "never showed up" for some unknown reason; he even postulated that other rival mobsters might have taken the money: "It was a job. Maybe the Carpellas. All part of the business"
• when a police car pulled up outside after a report of gunfire, Violet stalled them as Caesar dragged the bloodied bodies into the bathroom tub; while two officers were buzzing in and proceeding up the elevator, Caesar covered over the blood-soaked living room floor with a rug to conceal any evidence of a mass shooting; he tuned the TV - at high volume - to the gruesome zombie film: Night of the Living Dead (1968); the two investigating cops (Ivan Kane and Kevin Michael Richardson) were fooled and left without incident after believing Caesar's excuse that his hearing aid batteries had died
• Violet and Caesar drove to Johnnie's apartment, where Caesar became crazed when he ransacked the place but was unable to find the money; meanwhile, Corky had hidden the cash in cans of white paint in the next-door apartment; exasperated and still trying to cover his tracks and buy more time, Caesar phoned Mickey about Gino's and Johnnie's no-show; he also falsely claimed that he still had the money
• once the two returned to their apartment, Caesar's next step was to wrap the three corpses with plastic bags, rope, and tape, and take Johnnie's car to dump the bodies in the lake; Violet surreptitiously phoned Corky next-door and was hopeful: ("He's going to run") - they pledged their love for each other by touching hands on opposite sides of the dividing wall between them; Caesar caught Violet hanging up the phone and at first suspected that she had called Mickey; by pressing the "REDIAL" button on the phone, he realized that she was actually communicating with someone in the next-door apartment - he pointed his gun at Violet and threatened: "Who's over there?"; he knocked Violet unconscious when she loudly screamed and resisted, as Corky picked their front-door lock and came to her rescue
• from behind, Caesar held a gun to Corky's head, and forced her to drop her gun; he laughed when he recognized her as Violet's dyke friend: "You?...You gotta be f--kin' kiddin' me!"; she punched him, but he retaliated by knocking her out with a kick to her head; he bound and gagged her and stashed her in Violet's wardrobe closet --- END OF FLASHBACK --- he made derogatory comments as he interrogated Corky: "Everybody knows your kind can't be trusted. F--kin' queers. You make me sick. But you made a fatal mistake. You tried to f--k the wrong guy, and I swear to you, I'm gonna kill you for it. Where's my money?"; Violet attempted to make a deal with Caesar: "You need the money just like we do. Why don't you let us go? We'll make a deal"
• Caesar revealed his blind spots, weakness and vulnerabilities when he blamed Corky for transforming and changing Violet from a sweet and innocent moll-girlfriend to a lesbian lover; he demanded an answer from Violet: "What did she do to you?" Violet aptly replied: "Everything you couldn't"; he chastised Violet for being ungrateful for all he had done for her: "You ungrateful f--king bitch! Vi, you were nothing before you met me! Don't you remember you had nothing?"; she counter-reprimanded him for using her: "What a load of crap. Take a look at yourself, Caesar. You're nothing but a common thug. You launder money for the Mob. You rent women like you rented this apartment. You used me, Caesar. Just like I used you. All part of the business"
• realizing that the two females had betrayed him and had stolen the money, Caesar threatened to torture Violet (with the same garden shears tactics used against Shelly) in order to get Corky to reveal where the money was hidden; she confessed: "It's in the apartment next door. I put it in the paint drums," but then when he threatened to murder Corky by shooting her, she created doubt in his mind: "I could be lying"; he punched her and knocked her out, and then placed her back in Violet's closet
• fortuitously, Mickey and Lou had arrived at the complex and were buzzing in and knocking on the front door (before they entered after Mickey picked the lock with a hairpin), making it impossible for Caesar to check out the hidden money in the next-door apartment; meanwhile, Caesar had made a bargain with Violet to let her live if she helped him to deceive Mickey: ("Help me make Mickey believe that everything's normal"); Caesar pretended that he was taking a shower and hadn't heard the the two mobsters let themselves in; while Caesar was chatting and offering them drinks, and becoming more and more nervous by Mickey's inquisitive observations, Violet grabbed dead Johnnie's cell phone from his coat pocket in the bathtub, and dialed Caesar's apartment phone; when Caesar answered, Violet urged him to carry on a conversation with her as if he was talking to Gino; she manufactured a plausible story - that Gino and Johnnie had been taken to St. Mary's Hospital following a car accident, prompting Mickey and Lou to immediately rush away, with the unopened locked briefcase; in exchange for her help, Violet bargained for "half the money" from Caesar; she added: "We get rid of Mickey, and no one else dies. No one"; Caesar agreed, but shortly later admitted that he couldn't be trusted
• Caesar took Violet next-door to find the money; he became distracted as he confirmed that the $2 million was hidden in paint cans, and Violet was able to escape and race down the apartment's ten flights of stairs, and then cleverly took the elevator back up to the top floor; Caesar was unable to apprehend her, and since he was so exhausted after climbing back up the stairs to the 10th floor, she had time to phone Mickey and reveal to him that Caesar had stolen the money solely on his own: ("He made me do it. I was so afraid! I didn't want to, Mickey. It was Caesar, all Caesar. He made me help him. You have to help me"); in the interim, Corky had released her ropes with the gardening shears and her mouth-gag, and had appeared to have taken off with the paint-soaked bags of cash in the next door apartment; to trick and fool Caesar, she had created paint footprints with her boots, to attack him barefooted from behind; however, he struck her to the floor; Violet arrived just in time to help the defenseless Corky by holding Caesar at gunpoint - she urged him to flee for his life: ("It's over, Caesar. I called Mickey. He's on his way. Get out of here, Caesar. If you want to live, you better start running")

Corky Defenseless on the Floor

Violet Holding a Gun on Caesar: "It's over, Caesar"

• as Caesar refused to comply with her calm demands and acted patronizing toward her, he dared for her to shoot him: ("You don't want to shoot me, Vi. Do you? Do you? I know you don't"), she heartlessly and remorselessly pulled the trigger after defying him: "Caesar, you don't know s--t"; blood from Caesar's wounds splattered onto the white paint on the floor, and created blotchy red patches on his white shirt

The Death of Caesar at Violet's Hand

• after a fade to white, a compassionate Mickey (standing with Violet outside the building) believed Violet's fabricated story that Caesar had fled, to avoid mobster repercussions; Mickey vowed that any retribution would be carried out internally by the mob without police interference: "We want to take care of it ourselves and we will. I'll find him. I swear I will"; he expressed a romantic interest in taking on Violet as his girlfriend, but she politely declined: "I have to get out. You know, I have to get away from all this. But thanks. Thanks for everything"; she kissed him goodbye
• in the film's happy-ending conclusion, Corky and Violet made their liberating getaway in her brand-new red 1990 Chevrolet C-1500 pickup truck; Corky asked: "You know what the difference is between me and you, Violet?"; when Violet responded: "No," Corky answered: "Me neither"; the two donned sunglasses before Corky drove off with the hands (and fingers!) of the two diverse (but also similar) females clapsed together - capped with a final kiss

Corky: "You know what the difference is between me and you, Violet?"

Clasped Hands Together

A Final Getaway Kiss