Sunday, September 30, 2012

Shame: a lonely pigeon at the car park

Title: Shame
Year:  2011
Director:   Steve McQueen
Running time: 99 min.
Country: United Kingdom




Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a successful business man with a serious sex-addiction and a complicated relationship with his sister (Carey Mulligan). This was a disturbing film for me but I was surprised to find a feathered creature in it.



After a crazy sex-fuelled night out he becomes worried about his sister's state of mind and decides to call her. This worry increases when he sees that she doesn't pick up his calls. Then he decides he has to find her.


On his way he crosses a car park where a lonely pigeon is resting. Immediately, the pigeon is scared and flies away.


The director shows us this scene from different perspectives. We can see the pigeon close to the lower-right corner of the image.





Details of the pigeon starring 

  • Source: Shame. Starring moment: 1:28:22
  • Pigeon activity: It is a common New York pigeon that is roaming around a car park and is scared by a sex-addict that is running toward it. Fortunately, he is not running after it. 
  • Symbolism: None. 
  • Relevance: None. It only appears for few seconds and doesn't impact on the film's plot.
  • Training level: Low. The pigeon's behaviour is very awkward. It was clearly planted for this scene and it doesn't behave naturally.

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