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giant wheels in the ceiling

posted 18 years ago by jerkatron
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does anyone have any idea what those giant wheels/gears/screws in the ceiling were for? that seemed like such a bizarre thing to just stick in for the helluvit. why would someone have something like that in the ceiling of their home? what was it supposed to BE? do those really exist in homes somewehre?

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[–] sinpbp 18 years ago

because of the windmill....

[–] jerkatron 18 years ago

haha there was a windmill? okay i'm just an idiot then, don't mind me

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[–] jerkatron 17 years ago

are you really so frightened by someone disagreeing with you that you had to comb through my old posts for something to make fun of me about? i'm sorry i missed the windmill, integral to the plot as it clearly was.

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[–] jerkatron 17 years ago

as opposed to perfect beings like you? this is idiotic.

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[–] Doom 17 years ago

Interesting thread.

On the side, I LOVE that set/house they used in the film. Just a perfect setting.

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[–] daryl_s 17 years ago

I loved the set too. Getting back to what perhaps was the original intention of the poster, what was the point of those few scenes that showed the wheels turning. I realised that it was due to the windmill mechanisms, but it seemed to look like it might come into the action as some stage but never did

[–] trexbytes 9 years ago

I agree. I love that house/set. I want a windmill house.

[–] son_of_a_battlecry 17 years ago

Not to read too much into it, but the wheels work really well as an interesting prop that symbolizes all the machinations that are clearly at work in the heads of the main characters.

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[–] Tiphareth 16 years ago

Truly a beautiful set

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[–] cocobolo75 16 years ago

have you heard of prozac. go get some, tough guy.

[–] therock525 16 years ago

Love this movie. It's been a long time since I've seen it but at one point during the climax don't the wheels move cluing us in that one of the characters is climbing around on the windmill to try to outflank the other? Like I said it's been quite some time since I've seen the movie but I could have sworn I remember that.

[–] MandarinOctopus 15 years ago

don't the wheels move cluing us in that one of the characters is climbing around on the windmill to try to outflank the other?

Re-watching it, all these years later, that was what I was thinking.
It is just before Cliff comes through the 2nd floor window and attacks Sidney, causing Myra's heart attack.

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[–] chris88cooper 14 years ago

For anyone reading old posts: Yes, the wheel in the ceiling was connected to the blades of the windmill. Cliff used the blades as a way to climb up to Sydney and Myra's window....and Sydney also used this method to climb up to the window at the end of the movie, when he was running around the house outside in the dark, trying to kill Cliff.

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[–] muiia 12 years ago

Those were Christopher Reeve's retard wheels.

[–] balthazar_bee 9 years ago

You recognized the model?