I don’t have a particular excerpt from the movie to point
out, but this is more of an overall observation of the film. It opens with our
three characters breaking away from the other convicts and coming to a man on a
handcar that seems the play the role of an oracle. We also see this individual
at the closing of the film, pumping away. I immediately realized this was an
allusion to Greek mythology’s Charon, the ferryman that transports people to
and from the underworld. We also have the sirens and one-eyed Big Dan Teague.
What are other connections to Greek mythology throughout the film?
What exactly do these allusions do for the film? Do they
work for it or against it? Cliché
or genius?
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