I have some questions about movies that I've seen. 1. What was the significance or meaning of the little girl in the red outfit in the movie "Schindler's List"? 2. What was the meaning of the ending of the movie "Cast Away" (I sure didn't get the ending)? 3. Has anybody discovered what was in the briefcase in "Pulp Fiction"? 4. Is it true a midget hanged himself on the set of "The Wizard of Oz"? 5. (Your own opinion on this question) What was the worst mistake made in a movie that wasn't edited out?
I thought I read somewhere that 4 wasn't true. Whatever it was that's caught on film isn't a hanging midget. #2 As far as Castaway...I thought it signified 'moving on with life'. Taking another path. Clearly, his old life was gone. The woman in the truck signified a new direction. He was at a crossroads. (but it's been a while, and I've only seen it once, so someone may be able to flesh that out better) #3 Yes, I've heard the thing about the soul in the briefcase as well. Supposedly one of the reasons for this conclusion is the bandage Wallace has on the back of his neck. Something about the soul is removed that way or something?
Wow. I had never heard about the briefcase containing a soul. Interesting. Anyone know anything more?
12 Monkeys was great. It was one of those back and forth through time movies to fix something that happened so that the future won't be messed up movies... watch it a couple of times, you'll get it. here's a couple of movie websites I like: http://www.imdb.com http://www.movie-mistakes.com rH
5. (Your own opinion on this question) What was the worst mistake made in a movie that wasn't edited out? Bram Stoker's Dracula.... . Keanu Reeves and Wynona Rider. That movie had two great casting picks: Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins (also, two Brits who fit the parts), and two of the worst casting picks in the history of cinema: Reeves and Rider as the two main characters.... I had read the book and was anticipating the movie so much. I had a dislike for both Rider and Reeves up until then, but after then, I basically refuse to watch any movies they are in.
SOmething nobody has mentioned is that in pulp fiction, Marcellus Wallace's soul is actually the devil, or at least his soul is one of great evil, hence the briefcase opening with the 666 combo.
A lot of things, I guess. The wings on it represented freedom, or escape. He was a FedEx employee and wanted to deliver the package. Although he did open the rest of the packages, he saw something in the artwork and decided to save it. The wings also gave him the idea for the port-a-pottie sail/wings for his raft. Two of the things he cared most about, or helped him to find a way to stay alive were his wife (and her picture) and that package with the wings. He eventually lost his wife, but the package led him to another hot chick, with loads of possibilities, so it all worked out. It gave them (he and the artsy-chick a connection)
rockHead, do you think the lady at the end of 12 monkeys who says she is in "insurance" means: 1) that she is there insure that the david morse character DOES NOT unleash the virus on the world; that bruce's character has successfully led the "good" scientists to where they can stop the evil? -or- 2) that she is there to insure that david morse DOES unleash the virus; that the scientists are actually "bad" and that they want the virus unleashed so that they will be the ones in power once the virus forces everyone underground? I've watched that movie hundreds of times, and I've never been able to come to a decision. do you have it figured out?
<A HREF="http://auschwitz.dk/story/id15.htm">Little Girl in Red</A> Red is also considered the color to represent a martyr in Catholicism. Mango
First, I thought the virus was already unleashed when Morse opened the container in the concourse. Secondly, Quentin himself says the briefcase didn't have anything specific in it. It was just a MacGuffin. While the soul thing is a popular opinion, the person who wrote the screenplay didn't make it that way. So that leads to the question of whether a movie can have elements beyond what the director and writer put in. And who decides? I mean, it's a question that cannot have an answer because the person who created the world of the movie never decided what was in there. We do it in literature, though. We find symbolism that the writer didn't necessarily put in. Can we also find symbolism or other elements that weren't put into the movie by making our own subtext? And that wasn't a midget hanging himself.
He is in the background of the movie "The Wizard of Oz". Supposedly he didn't get the part in the movie he wanted (I'm assuming one of those scary as hell monkies ) and decided, "Hey, here is a good spot to kill myself".
