I've seen the movie a few times but I guess I need to see it again, because I don't recall noticing its eye, yet they talk about it here.
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It has an square, green, internal eye that resembles an old camera aperture.
In the first scene in the movie, you see this, paired with the sound of rushing air. Most likely, cinema goers will curiously stare at it, wondering what it is.
It's the creatures eye. Meaning, you made eye contact with it and stared at the spectacle. The one thing that gets you killed in the movie.
You can see the eye better after it unfolds at the end. It's this metallic green square thing made of ribbons in the middle.
They whole movie has a lot of symbolism involving cameras, eyes, and how getting lost in the spectacle can harm you, both in show business and nature. Much like Jean Jacket uses the lure of the unknown to hunt it's prey, Hollywood uses the lure of spectacle to exploit it's workers. Jupe, the horses, the chimp, the old documentry guy, all of them are eaten up and thrown away by the industry. Just like what the monster does.
I've been trying to understand the themes in this movie and how the animals and Hollywood workers fit together. I was trying to understand it through a lens of control. This makes way more sense. Thank you!
I agree, I hadn't considered it from the perspective of the film industry. I thought it was about the underlying fear always present when you're working with animals. Even the horses, which have been reliable for centuries, do occasionally have episodes of acting out. And you can lose your sense of respect for the animal and its potential to harm you when you get too familiar with it, but it still has the capacity to hurt you if it gets spooked.
There's also yet another layer of symbolism involving how racial minorities are treated by the industry too. What with the expertise of the horse trainers being ignored because of their race, and of Jupe being just as much of a sideshow attraction as the "funny Asian kid" as the chimp was as the "funny monkey".
i have never even seen the movie but i obsessively read everything i could about the creature (and watched so many scenes i basically watched the whole movie)
If you do watch it just keep in mind that if you have a fear of being eaten alive or groups of people suffering there is a scene that will scar you for life.
yeah i know the scene and it was pretty fucked up. couldn't get it or the later one where the screaming just abruptly stops out of my head