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Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Self-sabotage, guilt, and regret
1 March 2016 - 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.
Cinematic art like "Meshes of the Afternoon" has no single definitive meaning, but rather scores of meanings that differ from viewer to viewer.
To me, the most telling symbols in the film were:
- the bread knife, a possible phallic symbol which moves seemingly on its own and evokes a feeling of encroaching danger
- the ominous black figure with a mirror for a face (part of the subject's consciousness, perhaps her future self, like the Ghost of Christmas Future)
- the phone left off the hook (desires and intentions left unsaid and unfulfilled)
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