Ranting about themes in Labyrinth

Jill and I spent over two hours on the phone on Saturday discussing Labyrinth. We noticed the following:

1. There's a lot of water in the film. Jill pointed out that Sarah runs across a bridge over a stream when she is first seen in the park. Then she gets all wet as the rainstorm chases her home. Water appears again in the Bog of Eternal Stench [and another bridge as well]. Jill even argued that the ballroom bubble is made out of water, but I think that's pushing it. We didn't reach any conclusions about the significance of water, but Jill definitely thinks that the bridge in the park prefigures the bridge over the Bog of Stench, in another example of the real world affecting Sarah's dream world. See below the cut for a laundry list of interesting themes and Jill's and my speculation thereon. ( Read more... )

Ranting about themes in Labyrinth

Jill and I spent over two hours on the phone on Saturday discussing Labyrinth. We noticed the following:

1. There's a lot of water in the film. Jill pointed out that Sarah runs across a bridge over a stream when she is first seen in the park. Then she gets all wet as the rainstorm chases her home. Water appears again in the Bog of Eternal Stench [and another bridge as well]. Jill even argued that the ballroom bubble is made out of water, but I think that's pushing it. We didn't reach any conclusions about the significance of water, but Jill definitely thinks that the bridge in the park prefigures the bridge over the Bog of Stench, in another example of the real world affecting Sarah's dream world. See below the cut for a laundry list of interesting themes and Jill's and my speculation thereon. ( Read more... )