The Paint?
What was up with pouring the paint at various parts in the movie?
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
-Voltaire
The paint pouring was a rather gruesome indication of blood pouring out of the severed necks of the guillotined nobles.
The first bucket we see is red blood, and then, when the "king" is executed, the musician pours a bucket of blue paint, which is an English-language joke that would probably be incomprehensible to non-English speakers--a reference to the phrase "blue blood" for nobility.
Aaaah.... I see. Thanks for the answer. I figured it would play into the ending of the movie somehow, but I was wrong.
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
-Voltaire
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I didn't think of that but it makes sense. The mix of white and black paint confused me, but I took it to mean that some people saw Marat as good (white) and others saw him as evil (black). So in the end he was both: gray.
A young girl passes / in a hurry. Hair uncombed. / Full of black devils. --Kelly Link