Monday, March 23, 2009
Paper Clip Scene in Runaway Train...
In class today, when we were reviewing Runaway Train, something Mr. Bennett said caught my special attention. When we were talking about the paper clip scene, I have to disagree with the comment that no words should have been spoken and just let the scene play out. Even with the commentary many of the people in class, had no idea what the significance of the scene meant. When he says "some things just can't be explained & etc.." you kind of get a better understanding. Even though I still don't completely understand the significance of the scene, without that commentary, I feel people who see the movie will just forget the scene, even though it is an important one. On the hole though Runaway Train was a very entertaining and unique film. My favorite character is definitely Buck, he was the comic relief and I feel the actor really played his character well. Manny to really impressed me. Seeing him go from Joe Buck the stud in Midnight Cowboy to this physcopathic killer in Runaway Train he is really able to develop into his characters roles. This goes on my list of movies so far as number two, just behind Citizen Kane =)
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Thanks for a very thoughtful comment. While we're on the topic, though, what do the paperclips symbolize?
ReplyDeleteDo the paperclips symbolizes the interconnectedness of life and how the paths of certainly things are going to intersect and that they are unstoppable and that they will be changed after that. Or if it that we have no power and cannot certain forces which are beyond our control and the paperclips symbolize the randomness of the universe.
ReplyDeleteJust a couple of ideas although both of them could be very wrong.
Since I don't have a monopoly on interpretations, that one sounds excellent. It is not my interpretation, however. But, I'm sort of a weirdo in that regard.
ReplyDeleteI agree that without the dialogue the scene would be difficult to interpret, but I think that with the dialogue the scene is easily overlooked. If there hadn't been a conversation, the scene would've been a drastic change from the pace of the rest of the movie and therefore would've been more significant and the viewer would stop and wonder what it's meaning was.
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