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#alamein's fantasy is completely destroyed
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Antlers are associated with power, growth, and resurrection. They serve as a defense and deterrent from predation; when broken, they grow back completely.
Boy (2010) dir. Taika Waititi
#HAPPY TAIKA TUESDAY EVERYBODY
#SOOOO UM A FEW THINGS.
#second gif stoned haircut scene. the antlers are framed to look very small for boy
#like this either represents that the antlers are growing in for him in this scene
#as it's a very literal transformation for boy allowing alamein to take him into his own hands per se
#and as a result allowing alamein to live the fantasy represented by the crown of antlers
#OR.
#it is positioning boy as a baby deer
#a younger version of alamein essentially
#something something mr langston saying boy is a lot like alamein used to be
#NEXT
#fourth gif alamein is staring DIRECTLY. at the camera
#this is the peak of his fantasy he holds all the cards at this point he has Become shogun. he believes he is the protagonist
#so he looks directly at the audience watching what he believes to be a story about him
#interestingly when boy sits on the throne he is looking up not forward/at camera
#AND.
#i didn't notice until i was making this that boy sitting on the throne is the last time we see the antlers until
#alamein's fantasy is completely destroyed
#if we look at it thru protag theory that implies that as the protagonist boy simply taking alamein's role for a minute
#even though it ended badly for boy
#started the destruction of alamein's fantasy
#AND FINALLY
#the growth/rebirth symbolism around antlers is very interesting considering the way the antlers are broken
#in the last two gifs
#and then it immediately cuts to the next morning
#and the rest of the film after that is very much themed around new beginnings
#especially when you take into account the shot of the finished carving on the chair
#that deliberately excludes the antlers from frame
#anyway. that's all of it! jesus christ
#if you read this far i'm kissing you on the mouth
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