Bunny to me, displayed the idea of wrestling with death. I really liked what Tylor said during class, comparing the idea of the gentiles. as described by Paul, being drawn to truth, to the moth being drawn to the light. Now this is interesting comparison to be made in context of what the consensus view was of the meaning of the film, being the idea of death and union. The bunny was led to death by the moth, although the bunny knew how much time it had left. It seemed afraid, hence why it attacked the moth. In the end though, the bunny was united with her husband in death. To me this makes me view the moth as the Holy Spirit, all be it I am biased because I originally thought the moth was a bird, my point still stands. The Holy Spirit leading the bunny beyond life and uniting her with God and her husband in Paradise.
Northfork was interesting, the center of it to me was on the orphan boy. The unwanted boy, the one who needed love more than most. Think about the wording, the unwanted orphan, that is a hard line to say. An orphan is already a child given up by his parents, not necessarily willingly, but nonetheless that has certain effects on a child. Then to say that the child already given up his own parents, is unwanted. This idea of the unwanted boy is portrayed with a double exposure shot, giving a view of both the boy and a buffalo, the unwanted animal of the Midwest. Then there is the son and father clearing out the homes. The father takes the very symbolic leap of faith. Jumping to the other side of the house that is split in two, that has weather going on, only in the middle of the gap between the two sides. Jumping to the other side of what though? The other side of belief? or is that too general or broad? Also what did the snow in between mean? Perhaps becoming white as snow and truly considering himself free from whatever might be in his past. I am curious as to what that leap of faith was towards.
Paris, Texas now that movie was intriguing. The father was desperate for reunion it appeared. To find reconciliation with his family, in particular his wife. He wanted to have back what he had lost. This is shown by the beginning shot, he is in a place where most people would be lost, but walks with purpose. The shot we paused on was great because it showed he had a rugged past, when considering the back drop of the big, rugged mountain. Compared to his brother who had a good life with his wife, depicted by the gentle sloped mountain behind him. The scene when the man and his wife were reunited at first is interesting, the view points of each were curious. He thought she lived this good, all be it reckless, life. Yet she looked back and really her life was dull, because she is just looking at plywood. He on the other hand is living in the darkness of the past and not willing to go into the future with her yet. Still needing to hide from her behind the phone. Those shots were very interesting and gave insight on what was going on.
The pink floyd film was representative of a man's past. A lot of reference to the women in his life hurting him, as well as him feeling oppressed by the school system and government. His oppression, really his feeling of all students oppression was portrayed by the school being like a factory, making them all look alike and doing the same thing. The abuse he took from many women in his life was portrayed by a variety of symbols in the cartoon part, whether it was a flower, female legs, an actual women, or another being. The figure was usually in one way or another attacking the main character in the particular scene. This films symbolism was clear in representation of the things he felt hurt him and made him build this "wall" to keep people out of his head and knowing the true him.
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