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That zany Uncle Harold
Lynne:
bump
Shakesthecoffecan:
Okay I am watching the movie the other night and it got to where Aguirre rides up with the news that Uncle Harold has pneumonia. I dutifully note the block of wood on the chop block that will later disapear. Then the camera cuts to Jack twice, in frames 34:51 and 57, he is to the left of the scene in both and on the right hand side is very plainly a white cross. Next to it, a fainter crescent shaped object.
I had never seen these before. Has anyone else? In the cosmology that there are no coincidences, what would one make of it?
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: shakestheground on January 28, 2007, 03:24:32 pm ---Okay I am watching the movie the other night and it got to where Aguirre rides up with the news that Uncle Harold has pneumonia. I dutifully note the block of wood on the chop block that will later disapear. Then the camera cuts to Jack twice, in frames 34:51 and 57, he is to the left of the scene in both and on the right hand side is very plainly a white cross. Next to it, a fainter crescent shaped object.
I had never seen these before. Has anyone else? In the cosmology that there are no coincidences, what would one make of it?
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You did just delete this post as its own topic and reposted it here while I was replying. Boy, I was confused for a moment ::) :laugh:
Did you mean this?
It's almost better to be seen when the pic is only thumbnail sized:
I think the little white cross stands out better from the other colors in the thumb. It's directly right to Jack's left arm, half the way of his upper arm. And the crescent shaped object is right of the cross.
As we see in the larger version of the pic, the horizontal line of the cross is the log. But what is the vertical line? I have no idea and at first sight I'd say it is indeed coincidental.
It could be interpreted as Aguirre reminding Jack of the "real" world, the world outside their mountain Eden (which indeed he does with his presence and his story about Uncle Harold). Or it could be that the real world, the society with its hostile attitude towards homosexuality always lingers threatening behind Jack (and Ennis). The threat is always there, even in their garden Eden.
Lynne:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on January 28, 2007, 04:47:18 pm ---You did just delete this post as its own topic and reposted it here while I was replying. Boy, I was confused for a moment ::) :laugh:
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Sorry, Chrissi...that was my fault.
Would someone please point out the crescent to me?
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Lynne on January 28, 2007, 04:49:55 pm ---Sorry, Chrissi...that was my fault.
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Never mind. As you see, I found it again :).
--- Quote ---Would someone please point out the crescent to me?
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Do you see the cross? Look a little bit right from the cross, along the log. First comes a darker section, then the brighter crescent shaped object. It's also "on" or directly in front of the log. It almost looks like a fluff, a thread on the celluloid. Can you see it now?
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