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Trilogy of Weirdness (spoilers)

posted 11 years ago by budarc
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I'm still not sure what to think about this picture. It had a vaguely Pulp Fiction feel to it, although I don't really understand the connective tissue that ties everything together. There is a distinctive thread of abnormality that runs throughout, as well as plenty of symbology towards Christ, the Devil and Death. Also, early in the film, Paul Walker's character says he hallucinates Elvis and an army of naked zombie chicks (which we both eventually see), and I'm trying to figure out how that all fits in.

I don't think I'll ever get the image of Elijah Wood jerking off to porn of himself (as well as the subsequent scene with fish hooks in his mouth) out of my head. Also: did he really come back as a zombie? I figured he just brainwashed those chicks (or they were suffering from Stockholm syndrome, as earlier suggested) and that's why they were on the loose at the fair, but it doesn't make sense why he's there at the end, too. Who was the mysterious gentleman that gave the kid the shotgun in the first story? Why would the picture sometimes switch to anamorphic widescreen and back intermittently? Why was there a dwarf driving the big black truck? (Was he compensating for something?)

Anyone know what the hell it all means?

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[–] the_headspace 11 years ago

Some good thinking, there.

[–] iamingozi 11 years ago

Wow you nailed it (no religious pun intended). I did notice some of those things you mentioned, but never really put it together. But you did.
The faceless masks was something that I thought I saw but they came and went to fast I thought I was mistaken. I'm gonna have to see this again for sure now.

Oh and one more thing. The town had two barber shops; Doc's and another whose name I can't remember. But you either went to one or the other. Neither was better than the other, but which ever one you went to first was the one you stuck with. I suppose that kind of falls in line with the decisions one makes in life.

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[–] paultagonist 11 years ago

I think the barber shops (Cook's and Doc's) might be a metaphor for different Christian religions; perhaps representing Catholicism and Protestantism. They may have different names on the front, but they're nearly identical in every important way; yet they're still inexplicably arguing and fighting with each other. As you said, whichever one you go into first, you're stuck with, which is usually the case with religion. It's only at the end, through the hymn "Amazing Grace," that they put their differences (such as they are) aside and get along.

The real trick to life is not to be in the know, but to be in the mystery. -Fred Alan Wolf