Is it just me or did anyone else catch the similarities between the Door in the Floor and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, which started the famed Oedipus Complex theories of Freud and Jung.
Father sets up the murder of his infant son. It doesn't go according to plan and the son is taken to another country. Mature son returns under another guise. (reference to how Eddy looks like one of their sons). Kills father not knowing he is his father - overpowering (setting him up at the jilted lovers home and punching him in the nose). Marries mother not knowing she is his mother - uniting (60 sex sessions) Mother and Son find out what is going on. Mother kills herself (no longer present)and son pierces his eyes with a pin. He can no longer see and roams the country aimlessly (love is blind).
They were all puppets in a play of the psyche learning the acceptance of one's fate. Oedipus complex is about male sex development of the libido, fear of castration by the father and the incest taboo of having sex with the mother. Sexuality is prominent in Oedipus Rex and it is also prominent in Door in the Floor. But that doesn't explain what the daughter's character is. Maybe a symbol of innocence - free from moral wrong. They were all connected with her in some way.
Is realism really the key to a good film, or is it how the plot weaves its magic on the human psyche? If you really hated this film you may want to reflect on why that is.
Father sets up the murder of his infant son. It doesn't go according to plan and the son is taken to another country. Mature son returns under another guise. (reference to how Eddy looks like one of their sons). Kills father not knowing he is his father - overpowering (setting him up at the jilted lovers home and punching him in the nose). Marries mother not knowing she is his mother - uniting (60 sex sessions) Mother and Son find out what is going on. Mother kills herself (no longer present)and son pierces his eyes with a pin. He can no longer see and roams the country aimlessly (love is blind).
They were all puppets in a play of the psyche learning the acceptance of one's fate. Oedipus complex is about male sex development of the libido, fear of castration by the father and the incest taboo of having sex with the mother. Sexuality is prominent in Oedipus Rex and it is also prominent in Door in the Floor. But that doesn't explain what the daughter's character is. Maybe a symbol of innocence - free from moral wrong. They were all connected with her in some way.
Is realism really the key to a good film, or is it how the plot weaves its magic on the human psyche? If you really hated this film you may want to reflect on why that is.