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Symbolism in 'Red Hill' and Duerrenmatt's 'Der Besuch der alten Dame'

posted 14 years ago by netgrazer
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I noticed an interesting resemblence between "Red Hill" and Duerrenmatt's "Der Besuch der alten Dame".

In both works, a local who was betrayed in the past returns for revenge, while a panther lurks around the village.

I thought the symbolism worked better in Friedrich's play, maybe they shouldn't have shown the (sloppily animated) panther in Red Hill, or they should have worked on its threatening presence a little more.

Original or not, it did help us wonder: who are the real monsters?

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[–] beautifulbrugmansia 11 years ago

Perhaps what most people do not realize is that there are often reports of Black Panthers roaming around in the Hills of Australia.
I live in a place where there are reports every year of these sightings, near and around the Blue Mountains in NSW.

[–] Brippy_Smuppers 11 years ago

Well I thought the Panther was a real panther, right there on set, so don't think you can really say it's "sloppily animated".

[–] kameeleoned_out (59) 2 years ago

It was real, but there was one quick shot where it did seem like it was CGI (when it looks at Shane in the barn at the end of that sequence).