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orphen · 02-21-2004, 03:06 PM

maybe a bit old, but just saw the film today and it's messing with me. i was wandering if anyone could give me some help on the symbolism. for example: red roses is the sign of beauty.

Shokan · 02-21-2004, 03:07 PM

You don't think roses are beautiful?

Its a pretty universal sign of beauty.

F'rinstance, if I asked to think of a beautiful flower, a first response would most likely be a rose.

Strange Famous · 02-21-2004, 03:37 PM

the plastic bag is life?

BuddyHawks · 02-21-2004, 03:41 PM

This is one of my favorite movies.
also with the beauty is everywhere motif, there is the theme of material possesions are not important.

My firend noticed this one - Every time something is red, (flowers/door/dress) it represents the dream/lie that their family is living.

lucidity · 02-21-2004, 07:34 PM

One of my favs.

The plastic bag, to me, represents beauty in the mundane that is so often overlooked in the hustle of life.

moonstrucksoul · 02-23-2004, 02:41 PM

^^^^ what he said,^^^^

that's one of the best movies ever, matter of fact, i am gonna watch it again this week.

-Ever- · 02-23-2004, 05:41 PM

It's my most recent favorite of the best picture winners. I think that movie shows what the award is all about.
I like all of the symbolism of enjoying your life. And I like when he dies smiling. Very buddhist-ic.

lucidity · 02-24-2004, 07:39 AM

Thanks, moonstruck but I'm a she.

bookerV · 02-24-2004, 07:45 AM

One of the best movies I have ever seen.

I just love when he tells his wife about the car...

Bill O'Rights · 02-24-2004, 07:48 AM

Regretably, I have never been good at symbolism. I've always been a sort of a "frying pan over the had" kinda guy. I know that something has to mean something else...but, I'll be damned if I can ever figure it out. I do like the movie, though. I'm just not one to disemble things. It gives me a headache.

02-21-2004, 03:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
orphen Insane	American beauty maybe a bit old, but just saw the film today and it's messing with me. i was wandering if anyone could give me some help on the symbolism. for example: red roses is the sign of beauty.

02-21-2004, 03:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Shokan Addict Location: Canada	You don't think roses are beautiful? Its a pretty universal sign of beauty. F'rinstance, if I asked to think of a beautiful flower, a first response would most likely be a rose. __________________ Legalize it.

02-21-2004, 03:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Strange Famous follower of the child's crusade?	the plastic bag is life? __________________ "Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered." The Gospel of Thomas

02-21-2004, 03:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
BuddyHawks Swashbuckling Location: Iowa...sometimes	This is one of my favorite movies. also with the beauty is everywhere motif, there is the theme of material possesions are not important. My firend noticed this one - Every time something is red, (flowers/door/dress) it represents the dream/lie that their family is living. __________________ Watch More TV Last edited by BuddyHawks; 02-21-2004 at 03:44 PM..

02-21-2004, 07:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
lucidity Crazy Location: ...the space between what's wrong and right...	One of my favs. The plastic bag, to me, represents beauty in the mundane that is so often overlooked in the hustle of life. __________________ Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see. -William Newton Clark

02-23-2004, 02:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
moonstrucksoul hovering in the distance Location: the land of milk and honey	^^^^ what he said,^^^^ that's one of the best movies ever, matter of fact, i am gonna watch it again this week. __________________ no signature required

02-23-2004, 05:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
-Ever- Junkie Location: San Francisco	It's my most recent favorite of the best picture winners. I think that movie shows what the award is all about. I like all of the symbolism of enjoying your life. And I like when he dies smiling. Very buddhist-ic. __________________ Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life. A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet Earth. Like a priceless jewel buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty into the caverns of space and time. Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home And experience of this place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster... --Acknowledge your weaknesses--

02-24-2004, 07:39 AM	#8 (permalink)
lucidity Crazy Location: ...the space between what's wrong and right...	Thanks, moonstruck but I'm a she. __________________ Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see. -William Newton Clark

02-24-2004, 07:45 AM	#9 (permalink)
bookerV Addict Location: Ontario, Canada	One of the best movies I have ever seen. I just love when he tells his wife about the car... __________________ "That's why you're the judge and I'm the law-talking guy." Lionel Hutz

02-24-2004, 07:48 AM	#10 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Regretably, I have never been good at symbolism. I've always been a sort of a "frying pan over the had" kinda guy. I know that something has to mean something else...but, I'll be damned if I can ever figure it out. I do like the movie, though. I'm just not one to disemble things. It gives me a headache. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.