Does anyone know of any good movies that are rich in symbolism? I have to write a paper about a movie with symbolism in it, and though I know of some, I wanted to get more ideas. Any ideas?

10/19/2005 10:55:46 AM

Dumb & Dumber

10/19/2005 10:56:39 AM

pretty much anything by the Coen Brothers

10/19/2005 10:57:19 AM

wizard of oz

10/19/2005 10:58:36 AM

do you mean like

"that lamp right there, that stands for opression"

or

"that guy right there, he stands for FDR"

?

10/19/2005 11:01:50 AM

my first thought is korean movie called "spring summer fall winter and ...spring." ..it has in netflix

10/19/2005 11:01:58 AM

To Kill a Mockingbird...

While the most boring piece of trash of ever seen, every Highschool English teacher swears by ths symbolism and hidden meanings in this movie.

I personally think they're over analyzing but hey... it's on the HS curriculum.

10/19/2005 11:08:19 AM

this is the fucking dumbest thread i've seen in a while

-ZiP!-

10/19/2005 11:09:01 AM

Thats a great movie.

get a clue

[Edited on October 19, 2005 at 11:09 AM. Reason : ^^]

10/19/2005 11:09:04 AM

Mullholland Drive

10/19/2005 11:13:07 AM

Animal Farm

10/19/2005 11:14:30 AM

Attention All Music Lovers

Does anyone know of any good groups that have deep lyrics? I have to write a paper about music with symbolism in it, and though I know of some, I wanted to get more ideas. Any ideas?

-ZiP!-

10/19/2005 11:16:11 AM

Scorsese's Mean Streets, oozes symbolism

10/19/2005 11:18:43 AM

i'm sure the scarlet letter has some symbolism in it, if its anything at all like the book

10/19/2005 11:26:26 AM

dude where's my care?

10/19/2005 11:27:20 AM

back to the future 2

10/19/2005 11:30:01 AM

The Chronicles of Riddick.

10/19/2005 11:30:11 AM

^ ahahahaha

10/19/2005 11:33:32 AM

wizard of oz was all about symbolism for the turn of the 20th century. tin man represented the industrialists who had no heart, scarecrow represented farmers who had no brains because they were being taken advantage of by the govt. and didn't even realize it. the lion represented some guy running for president at the time who lost (i forget his name) and showed no courage, got walked all over. even the yellow brick road was symbolic but i forget them all now, we discussed it a lot in US history my junior year of high school

10/19/2005 11:33:56 AM

Service Animals #6

10/19/2005 11:34:27 AM

whenever i watch the wizard of oz

i realize how stupid dorothy is

she has a prime directive - "stay on the road so the witch cannot have power over you"

and what does she do
she keeps leaving the road

so whenever i watch it
i have to yell "GET BACK ON THE BRICKS BITCH" everytime she steps off the road

10/19/2005 11:35:47 AM

^lmao

^^^I had never heard that before, thats pretty interesting

10/19/2005 11:40:55 AM

XXX

10/19/2005 11:42:41 AM

Gulliver's Travels, although it was obviously a book first.

10/19/2005 11:44:23 AM

XXX 2: State of the Union

10/19/2005 11:49:04 AM

here ya go http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/OZ/Symbolism.html

10/19/2005 11:51:22 AM

XXX 3: XXXX

10/19/2005 11:58:12 AM

I had to do 2 of these papers and I did Magnolia for my 8 page paper and The Shining for a 5 page paper...pretty interesting stuff

10/19/2005 12:09:10 PM

sometimes what we need is right around the corner


shining!

10/19/2005 12:47:20 PM

^ha, that "trailer" was awesome

10/19/2005 12:49:12 PM

the peter gabriel song "salisbury hill" at the end totally makes the whole thing.

10/19/2005 12:50:38 PM

2001: A Space Odyssey...

if you can manage to watch the whole thing of course

10/19/2005 1:08:52 PM

BLADE RUNNER

This is a movie with a lot of symbolism. Just look closely and you will see it. It's not too long either...about 2 hours. It is entertaining as well.

10/19/2005 1:48:15 PM

oooh, that IS a good movie

10/19/2005 2:10:10 PM

The bit with Dorothy always getting in trouble when she leaves the road is straight up Huckleberry Finn.

10/19/2005 2:21:14 PM

Quote :

"the lion represented some guy running for president at the time who lost (i forget his name) "

William Jennings Bryan?

10/19/2005 2:26:46 PM

more wizard of oz symbolism

http://www.turnmeondeadman.com/OZ/Symbolism.html

10/19/2005 2:42:07 PM

^arreddy been posted

10/19/2005 2:43:28 PM

The Matrix trilogy is loaded with it.

10/19/2005 2:52:39 PM

oops...

I missed it the first one...I'm half-working and half-goofing off

10/19/2005 2:53:32 PM

Fast and the Furious

10/19/2005 2:54:00 PM

Platoon is pretty biblical.

10/19/2005 2:55:58 PM

Magnolia

10/19/2005 2:57:37 PM

Robocop


i shit you not

10/19/2005 3:10:53 PM

i'm amazed that only one person mentioned the matrix trilogy

10/19/2005 3:24:40 PM

License to Drive

10/19/2005 3:28:00 PM

Robocop?

I'm all ears...

10/19/2005 3:28:12 PM

Equilibrium maybe? It seems that all of the movies that have repressive police states have symbolism.

10/19/2005 3:31:28 PM

equilibrium was just a rip off of every oppressive futuristic book. still a cool movie though.

10/19/2005 3:39:52 PM

american beauty


look closer...

[Edited on October 19, 2005 at 5:28 PM. Reason : .]

10/19/2005 5:27:11 PM