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handless clocks

posted 8 years ago by Maniac_In_Black
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Surprised nobody has asked this.. maybe it was more obvious to others but What did they represent? ... we saw it twice in the beginning in the first dream & then once more in reality when he visits his mother.

Was it supposed to represent his old age? As the older you get, the less time you have & eventually run out of it?

[–] ancamg 8 years ago

I guess they symbolize the lack of time borders, and the universal story, or more specific, misinterpretation happens all the time.

[–] tribalmaggot 8 years ago

His fathers watch is the same as the one on the building in the dream. Seeing it reminded him of the dream/that he's at the end of his life.

So the second clock references the first, but as to what the first means...Im not sure :/