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Understanding the underlying concepts and themes behind the film/TV-show and its different interpretations. Not to be used for direct plot discussions.
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Who is the person who passes in front of the narrator on the automated walkway?
There are actually six scenes/flashes where we see Brad Pitt before The Narrator meets him on the plane. A list of them has been compiled here.
The reasoning behind this is covered well in an IMDb FAQ …
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How does the title fit in the context of the story?
The Departed refers to death and the dead. The movie has plenty of both.
When Costigan is at his mother's grave, he sees a wreath from Costello with a note reading, "Heaven holds the Faithful Departe …
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What's the significance of the ostrich in the couple's bedroom?
I think that in the main part, Buñuel is trying to say that there is no significance at all. The significance of the scene with the cock, the lady with the timepiece, the postman, and the ostrich is t …
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Why is Aronofsky's Pi not Pi?
No, I don't think that there is any message or meaning to the use of an inaccurate value of π. I submit that the inaccuracy is simply a result of laziness or small budget constraints. In the provided …
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Why is the name of the main spacecraft "Axiom"?
I don't have anything official from the cast or crew. But this Wikia provides a plausible-sounding theory about the name:
The literal meaning of the word "Axiom" is something that is taken for gra …
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What does the automaton symbolise?
The Best Offer includes a lot of symbolism revolving around the automaton that plays an important role in the film. Besides the automaton itself, there are a lot of gears and pieces of clockwork. Then …
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In "A Late Quartet", is the Pablo Casals anecdote based on a true story?
In the movie, A Late Quartet, Peter (Walken) relates to his class an anecdote involving him and the cellist, Pablo Casals. Is this adapted from a true story? (Please provide the complete anecdote if p …
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What are the similarities between The Cause and Scientology?
It is been stated that Lancaster Dodd's character in/as The Master is loosely based on Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard. Both The Cause and Scientology are also pseudo-somethingortheothers. But w …
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What are the writers trying to convey with the whole blanks/Network angle?
In The World's End, is the whole "blanks" and "The Network" angle a gibe by the writers at technology and the Internet and what it is doing to people? The Network states that it is responsible for all …
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What was the point of the interplay between Richard Riddick and Dahl in Riddick?
In Riddick, we get to see something of a "lust triangle" between Santana, Dahl, and Riddick. Now, Dahl, when in dialogue with Santana, states that she doesn't "fuck guys". She is subsequently referred …
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Do the pub names and their order mean anything?
Seeing as to how the final pub, The World's End, is more or less when the world ends, do the other pub names also signify something? What are their names and their positions in the Golden Mile crawl?
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Is 'Prisoners' an anti-religious commentary?
Prisoners is tinged with religion. Keller appears to be a deeply religious man. But he is very flexible with his morality when it comes to torturing Alex Jones for information about his daughter.
Sim …
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Were the Horsemen cards referring to roles?
Yes, I'd say that they were indicative of roles.
Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas (The Lovers), a street Magician
In his intro, we can see that women are crazy about him and one of his marks a …
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Is Independence Day a comedy spoof?
I think that the movie was expressively designed to be entertaining and break records set by Jurassic Park a couple of years earlier. You might also remember the impressive marketing campaign and hype …
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How does Clarice know "Jack Gordon" was actually the real Buffalo Bill?
Starling and her friend, Ardelia Mapp, have a conversation (after the scene where Lecter escapes from custody). Staling notes that Lecter said that "everything we need to catch him is right here in th …
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