I still think that I knew my father very well. I don't think that just because there were things in his life that were private and secret and shameful that that means that the father I knew or the things that I knew about him were in any way not real
The quote is by David Friedman at the beginning of the documentary. His words show that his relationship with his father or his perception of his father was different from the perception of others.
We had three sons; David being the oldest had a lot of responsibilities when he was young, Seth was an outright rebel and somehow Jesse was just the one that kept trying to catch up and doesn't quite make it.
Elaine Friedman was describing the personalities of their three children David, Seth and Jesse. She was answering the interviewer's questions on her family.
It is not something he left lying around in the kitchen table. He wasn't proud of it and he kept it hidden.
The interviewer had asked a question about the child pornography magazines that were found in Arnold's office. They were always kept hidden in his office and Elaine had never seen them until the crimes were brought to light.
..and they showed me the magazine. They were embarrassed to show it to me because of what the pictures were and you know I didn't see it, my eyes were in the right direction but my brain saw nothing
Elaine was so confused when the investigators showed her the child pornography magazine that they had found in her husband's office. She was so shocked that she did not process the images immediately they were shown to her.
They get dressed to go shopping. They want to make sure that they are seen by people they want to see. Clothes are important, cars are important.
David was talking about the estate that they lived in in a suburban town. The estate was considered a wealthy neighborhood and material things were markers of wealth.
