I don't know but I think it might have something to do with his sinful attraction to Lara? Like she reminded him of his mom or something? (Was it Julie Christie, or a likeness of her, lying in the coffin?)
(Looking like I'm pondering deeply and trying to look Freudian as a type this...)
31 posted on 11/19/2012 6:08:03 PM PST by OKSooner
("I will bless those who bless thee, and I will curse those who curse thee.")