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Question about fire scene (spoiler)

posted 16 years ago by donwallo
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Do people think that when the man saves the boy from killing himself, the efforts of the man are meant to be taken as entirely positive? Or is it ambiguous?

This might well be just an American hang-up of mine, but for me when there's a naked child and a strange adult alone in close proximity it's hard not to feel a slight sense of uneasiness because of the possibility of sexual molestation.

I might be 100% off here... I felt like we were supposed to be a little worried as the camera panned out and showed them isolated by the surrounding darkness, while the man still embraces him tightly and strokes his hair.

At most it's just a slight note of uneasiness, not any kind of explicit suggestion.

OTOH maybe a European audience will simply not be perturbed at all since they are cooler with nudity in general and not as obsessed with child molestation as the US is.

[–] AssetsonFire 15 years ago

Living in the UK I do understand the paedo fear, and the thought did cross my mind of whether someone might have come across the two of them and gotten the wrong impression, but I don't think there was any intention on the director's part of it being wrong. It's simply a striking image.

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[–] nyxzt 15 years ago

No such 'paedo' thing crossed my mind, but I did feel something like what you said.. I thought that maybe someone would come across them and think he was hurting him or going to throw him into the fire or something.. The thought didn't last long though because I don't think that would have been very Haneke-esque.

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[–] paulojsperalta 15 years ago

"OTOH maybe a European audience will simply not be perturbed at all since they are cooler with nudity in general and not as obsessed with child molestation as the US is."

Are you serious about this remark ???? What do you think we are ? Supporters of child molestation here ?

Nudity probably doesn't make us "blush" as it does an American, but get serious about the rest. That remark besides stupid was completly prejudice!

[–] dslacker 14 years ago

Too bad you took a compliment as an insult. Note the poster's use of the word 'obsessed'. Americans are obsessed with their fears of child nudity and are obsessed with fear for their children's safety. I believe Europeans are to be congratulated for their 'concern' for child safety - rather than the unhealthy 'obsession' displayed by many Americans.

[–] Gloede_The_Saint 14 years ago

Haha, you got a pretty sick mind there : )

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[–] psychotico 14 years ago

His true intentions was to cannibalize the boy for a later meal.

[–] Mrpinkeye 8 years ago

Ffs! I was worried the other characters would come out and find then and accuse the man of being a pedo.

He was being considerate and compassionate towards a boy who needed a hug.

People like you are the sick ones, you'd prob rather watch a naked boy burn in a fire than try and help him.

What the *beep* is wrong with people/society