Re: Multiple responses: Mirrors in movies?

From: Jordan Lavender-Smith <[email protected]>

The monster in "Candyman" is summoned when you say his name five times  
into
a mirror.

Christian Slater's character in "True Romance" speaks to Elvis through a
mirror.

John Travolta's character soliloquizes in front of a bathroom mirror  
as Uma
Thurman snorts his heroin in the living room in "Pulp Fiction."

Atreyu, the protagonist of the fantasy framed narrative in "The  
Neverending
Story," sees Bastian, the protagonist of the framing narrative, by  
looking
into a mirror.

Adrienne Shelly's character in "Trust" has a moment of recognition in  
front
of a mirror in a fitting room.

Mirrors are used to great expositional effect in the first-person pov
sequences of "Strange Days," letting us see the face of the character  
who
is wearing the virtual reality recorder. I'm assuming this is true of  
"Lady
in the Lake" and "Quantum Leap" as well.

Tommy Davidson's character breaks down as he puts on blackface in  
front of
a mirror in "Bamboozled."

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From: "David R. Williams" <[email protected]>

And toroughout "Thelma and Louise," the  protagonists  often watch the  
scene reflected in the rear view and side mirrors of their getaway car.

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From: filmgene <[email protected]>

There is a very powerful episode in the British anthology film "Dead  
of Night"  involving a haunted mirror.

Gene Stavis

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From: "gary evans" <[email protected]>

How about that old chestnut from Fritz Lang's "M" ? Beckert (Peter  
Lorre)
appears for the first time 'acting out' before a mirror as the kind of
character the press has described in trying to figure out who the
sex-killer of female children is.

Gary Evans
Department of Communication
University of Ottawa