What was the point of the hypnosis?
Was it just there to throw off the audience for the first half of the movie? In the context of the story, did the hypnosis serve any purpose whatsoever?
Still trying to put all the pieces together.
I feel it was used as a way to condition the person being hypnotized in order for them to be trapped in the sunken place while someone else is taking the drivers seat in there body if that makes any sense
shareBut their brains would be swapped so there was no point in the hypnosis unless we're talking about the black person's soul being trapped inside their body. And where does the white person's body go?
shareThe brains were not swapped just made into I guess a hybrid in order to keep have the older brain last longer I think unless others have other ideas about this
shareOkay all I saw was the blind white guy on a stretcher with his brain exposed about to be swapped with Chris. Then near the end when the black groundkeeper (grandpa) attacked Chris, you see the incision scar on grandpa's forehead that indicates his brain was operated on.
shareJim, the blind guy who wanted Chris' eyes, explained that Chris' brain cannot be completely removed and replaced. The brain stem must be kept because of its connections to the nervous system and functions like breathing, heart rate, body temperature, digestion, sneezing, swallowing, etc. The rest of the Chris' brain, however, could be replaced with Jim's.
Unfortunately, retaining the victim's brain stem means a "sliver" of the victim's consciousness would also end up being retained. So hypnosis is used keep this consciousness confined to the sunken place. The hypnosis is the pre-operation procedure (sedation and mental/psychological preparation) for the transplant.
The true horror of this is that that victim floats helplessly, trapped in that dark sunken place watching the world go by while someone else controls his body, for the rest of his life.