Thanks for your lovely post! It inspired me to re-watch, which I enjoyed immensely.
I noticed a theme about water that I'm still ruminating over. There's a reocurring image of fish tanks, first with the goldfish and then the fish tanks at Uncle Karl's place. I suppose they're meant to represent the humans trapped in their experimental tank? Especially since we have those evocative images of the doctor in his pool and Murdoch waking up in the bathtub/fish tank. The desire for Shell Beach is, on some level, about a fish trapped in a tank wishing for the open ocean.
Water, of course, is something the Strangers say they hate. Which would make sense, if we're meant to read it as the medium the humans need/live in/desire.
And then there's the memories themselves as a liquid. The liquid that makes humans unique. Something we're told the Strangers do not tolerate well--like water, like all moisture.
And then there's blood. Our first image of Murdoch is of him with that line of wet blood dribbled down his forehead. And there's a level on which the very appearance/behavior of the Strangers is "bloodless" (pale, emotionally disconnected). And then the fact that they appear to be literally bloodless beneath their human facades.
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I noticed a theme about water that I'm still ruminating over. There's a reocurring image of fish tanks, first with the goldfish and then the fish tanks at Uncle Karl's place. I suppose they're meant to represent the humans trapped in their experimental tank? Especially since we have those evocative images of the doctor in his pool and Murdoch waking up in the bathtub/fish tank. The desire for Shell Beach is, on some level, about a fish trapped in a tank wishing for the open ocean.
Water, of course, is something the Strangers say they hate. Which would make sense, if we're meant to read it as the medium the humans need/live in/desire.
And then there's the memories themselves as a liquid. The liquid that makes humans unique. Something we're told the Strangers do not tolerate well--like water, like all moisture.
And then there's blood. Our first image of Murdoch is of him with that line of wet blood dribbled down his forehead. And there's a level on which the very appearance/behavior of the Strangers is "bloodless" (pale, emotionally disconnected). And then the fact that they appear to be literally bloodless beneath their human facades.