Penis point...serious question

I honestly never noticed that man. just saying', you might have some deep-seeded issues

Sounds like you were watching the movie with a very "particular" group lol. I honestly didn't pick up on this.

Ha ha ha ha, awesome thread.

I know what you're talking about, but I don't think the film makers did it on purpose. They trusted in the maturity of the audience, which is usually a mistake.

Isn't it alluded to hat Captain Stanley is impotent. Not sure if that has anything to do with you seeing phallic shapes. Just thought I'd stick my oar in.

I used to have the Willem Dafoe living under my bed.

Haha.. yea.. I noticed this too.
Only once though when they were standing out on the rockface at sundown.
"Surely that's an unusual rock formation" I thought..

What was the reasoning for the penis-shaped peak in a couple of the scenes? It was obviously very intentional

Uh no. Everyone I was watching it with saw it and laughed. Go back. Two scenes. Its very noticeable.

I'm re-watching this now and I noticed it. I think it was intentional too. Perhaps something to do with the father('rational' white man/white man religion) taking over the mother (motherland). The two older brothers are also quite dominant, as characters and as murderers, and it was a man's world in the 19th Century after-all. It could mean a number of different things, but considering Nick Cave wrote the screenplay, sexual symbolism doesn't surprise me one bit. As for all those comments... Meh. It's not necessarily 'sexual tension' or 'immaturity' or whatever, it was there. It was obvious. It depends on how individuals want to interpret it.