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Why Did She Fade?

posted 9 years ago by malesupremacy
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Spoilers ahead.

When Michael and Suzanne are in the office at the bar, Lyle surprises Michael and knocks him out with multiple hits to the head. The next cut is a closeup of a clock on a desk with Suzanne's arm on the side of the screen. Then, almost ghostly, her arm fades out of the screen, but only her arm. Everything else stays in the shot.

I assume it has to do with Michael losing consciousness? Or ? It was rather weird and unexpected, and unnecessary I thought. It made me wonder of her existence at all momentarily, which obviously isn't what happened in the movie. Any thoughts, or did I miss something?

[–] David-K-West 9 years ago

It's to show the passage of time. Her arm was right next to a clock that's part of a statue of a cowboy riding a horse (It actually kind of looks like Teddy Roosevelt). When the shot fades, the clock fades from about 9:40 to just after 12:15, so it shows that Michael was out for over 2.5 hours.

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