There is another link between two places based on the palette. The public parts of the Exotica are lit with a cold blue light. But Zoe’s quarters are dressed out in baroque gold and white and are warmly lit. This is closely matched by the interior of Francis’s house when Tracey is there practicing her music. The walls are white and there is a gold horse on the mantel by the picture of Francis’s wife and daughter in a gold frame, a gold music stand, and there is another picture of the daughter in a gold frame on a table. Tracey wears a black dress with a gold pattern—rather dressy for just playing music in an empty house. Later when Christina confronts Zoe in her quarters about the contract with Eric for the baby, Christina is wearing black with gold chevrons.
Linking the club and pet shop with cold colors is easy to understand. But I’m much less clear about what to make of this linked living quarters using warm golds. I am convinced that the choice is intentional. This is furthered by the fact that Tracey plays the Indian flute theme and this theme restarts when we first see Christina in the black and gold clothes.
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Oh, nice observation on the color schemes. I had superficially noticed the similarities between the pet shop and the strip club, but I didn't think about the whole "palette" as such.
The field they walk through is also very golden, isn't it?
You are right. When I first sat down to write the two posts, I thought that the field was going to be another link in the blue/green chain. But when I went back to check, I saw that what stood out was the golds. This was most notable in that striking first shot when all the people’s head came up into view over the rise.
So I don’t feel that the field is as strongly linked, but it does seem to be more in tune with the two living spaces than with either “work” space, club or shop. Two things happen on that field. First, a relationship is started. Second, a life is found to have ended.
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