Jane
What was the symbolism of Jane? Why wanted Randbækk to kill her in the end?
shareI think the key to Jane is the scene where the dog enters the shack and is so pleased to see Larsen - it's an absolute love, no betrayals there. Larsen even gave Jane extra bread, which bothered Randbeck. Randbeck had to eliminate her, he didn't believe in any kind of love, and he was out to get back at Larsen for ruining the Christmas celebration. He wanted to teach Larsen a lesson. Does that sound plausible? What I don't understand is why Larsen turns on Randbeck in the Christmas scene and is so excessively cruel to him.
shareI think there are a lot of ways to look at it.
Randbaek always has to sort of twist things around, and I think Larsen saw an opportunity to play his game, thus making Randbaek all crabby, etc.
Plus, it's a lot more edgy when everyone is constantly switching on and off from being nice to being cruel, I really didn't expect Randbaek to get so nasty and graphic after Holm left, which was honestly one of my favorite parts of the movie.
As far as Jane goes also, she's Larsen's visible weak spot aside from Gertrude, and she is actually tangible, so Randbaek can attack her and make Larsen have to act. I think that's a big part of his motivation for doing anything at all, to push him until he pushes back.
It's quite a great movie for character transformation, when I rented it I wasn't sure what to expect, and it's now one of my favorites.
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Yeah, both of your theories make sense. I think I must see the movie again with it in mind. Man does Skarsgård curse alot in this movie.
shareAnd of course the norwegian title of the movie is; Dogs of love or (Curs of love). Refering to the men in the movie of course, but perhaps with a double play on Jane?
shareLarsen reminds Randbæk of the guy who stole his girlfriend. Later Larsen steals his dogs affection as well. So Randbæk kills the dog. It is all explained when they are hiding in the ship at the end.
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