I just watched this movie yesterday and noticed there were a number of shots fixed on daisies throughout the movie:
- Dite used daisies to ornament Jaruska's (the prostitute) body
- Waiter Karel, who resigned after dropping a plate, held up a small vase filled with daisies and decided not to break the vase before walking out of the hotel
Does anyone know what, if any, significance the daisies carry in the film/book???
I haven't seen the movie yet and can't wait until it opens here (Highland Park, Illinois) - saw the coming attraction and it looks great. In the language of flowers, "Daisies never tell." I'll watch for the daisies when I see the movie; maybe they appeared in key scenes denoting confidentiality. Perhaps the man refrained from breaking the vase to show he would not disclose details and not break any confidences. - Anyway - just a thought
shareJust my idea. Daises are supposed to signify innocence and maybe a new life. They certainly signify spring, the beginning of new life in nature. I believe the NOT breaking of the vase filled with daisies referred to the Prague Spring - which was a brief period of time during the Cold War where the Czech's regained independence from the communists. The Czech's determination was and is unbreakable. Maybe adorning Jaruska's body was a way to return her to innocence. And of course there is the "Love me, love me not" aspect - lost love.
Thanks for bringing this up, great question...I had not thought about this before.
"Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup." Ludwig Van Beethoven