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Significance of Assistant

posted 17 years ago by K_GOD
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I just watched this movie in class and thought the editing and cinematography was fantastic.

However one thing left me scratching my head. Is there something signifcant to Alfred Hitchcock's assistant? I got the feeling at one point she would play a significant role in the plot but didn't really see it shine through. At one point i remember a line something like " There's something I need to tell you". Then it cuts to her in her car driving along a highway.

Why? What does she represent if anything. I kind of thought she played as a usherer of change for the family...but im not sure.

When the world gives you lemons...eat em raw

[–] Stephtweetz 17 years ago

i shared similar views and questions...what do u think of the significance of the fish that defrosted overnight in the toilet while they slept at Marc's girl's place (she looks after his kid).

[–] K_GOD 17 years ago

On the surface it just seems like a device to show the passage of time...but when the door opened and that purple coloured light came through onto them, my thoughts changed.

Pierre sort of wakes up a different man after than incident-- he gets tatooed and Marc is out the house before he gets up. Perhaps it symbolizes a new awakening-- a different beginning...a melting away of old ties and the creation of new ones.

Just speculating...

When the world gives you lemons...eat em raw

[–] popularru 10 years ago

" There's something I need to tell you".
This phrase is spoken by Marc's lover and then we see Alfred Hitchcock's assistant (Kristin Scott Thomas) driving a car; this is just reference to Psycho; then we see her in church where camera crew is working; adventitiously she speak about young priest because she need someone who translate communication. My vhs timer tells me that these scenes are at runtime 1 h 11 m.
The movie is really good.