MovieChat Forums > Titus (2000) Discussion > Significance of 'Vivere'

Significance of 'Vivere'


Why does Taymor choose to play this song while the meat pies are cooling on the very vintage window sill? The translation means 'Life' or 'Living' and it's juxtaposed with them being dead in the pies.

reply

I think it's a sense of irony leading up to the boy being the one caught amongst the chaos mirroring his innocent playing in the opening.

reply