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i think that the fact that raymond's mother was the pupper master behind the dumb buffoon senator was where the satire lie. there was a dark humor to his out of control stupidity and unwillingness. she was the smart one, she pulled all the strings and she basically told him exactly what to do and when, like a child. and he acted much like a child. she was DEFINITELY the villian but she was 100% the brains behind it all and did all the business for this puppet. i felt that it was a comment on the intelligence level of those in government, and the presence of secret regimes behind the scenes. which i felt was a HUGE theme, the secret unseen powers controlling individual's minds, hired officials, even entire governments.
by the way, if anyone has seen the original..... that scene where marco meets 'rosie' on the train is so BIZARRE. i really like it though one of my favorite scenes, go figure. but its almost like she takes control of him and just informs him of all these things and leads him and he follows without any protest. same with the taxi scene. at first i thought maybe she was his communist contact or something... it was so odd. but she was pretty ballsy.
anyway, i do get the idea that the remake is much less on the satire, more thriller-like. i'll get around to seeing it. |