Friday, July 22, 2005


  • watched Belle de Jour (1967)

    By far the most confusing scene in the film is the final sequence after she was just at the hospital checking on the status of her injured husband, who happened to have been shot by her "bad boy" boyfriend. The husband was last in a coma and his fate was not yet known. In these next moments we see that her husband is in a wheelchair, with sunglasses on. The wife puts medicine in a glass and mentions how any day now his eyes could get better. Then someone shows up who tells the husband about her escapades. This entire scene may in fact be meant as part of her imaginings. The husband having sunglasses is likely symbolic of his blindness to her desires, his ignorance. When he suddenly gets up and can see, the bells begin ringing, which perhaps signifies that the whole scene is a fantasy. The husband can hear the bells, too. Thus she is fantasizing that as a result of the shooting he will now see her true desires and be a part of her fantasy life.
    -- Reticuli on Amazon

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