Monday, November 19, 2007

Kiss me Deadly


This movie is possibly one of the best movies ever to be filmed. I can't even comprehend how so much drama, suspense and action can possibly be captured in one epic tale. Until the final scene of the movie, I found myself continually questioning the educational merit of this film. It is comprised of all together fairly normal scenes pertaining to the mysterious deaths of awesome characters like the auto mechanic.

The final scene reminded me a lot of pandora's box. The ancient story of a girl given a box which she must never open. Curiosity gets the best of her, and she ends up releasing a wealth of badness upon mankind. The girl, opens up this mysterious box only to symbolically release the bane of human existence. While she only kills herself, it metaphorically speaks to the fearfulness given off by the cold war, and horror of nuclear bombs.

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