CULTURAL VISCERA
Focus View · Smoking40 scenes
The Interview · No.4
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Theme

Smoking

Definitely an indicator of time in history, smoking, cigarettes/ashtrays are a consistent figure in the film.

Wendy smokes, Jack smokes (but we never see him smoke), and cigarette machines are shown across the hotel.

Wendy smokes around stressful and tense situations, which makes logical sense for someone who smokes, but signifies her as weaker. Jack smokes—there is a lit cigarette resting in the ashtray during No.25— but we never see him smoke. He is in control.

In this image · No.4

Scene Reflections

No.62 reflects the Roadrunner cartoon playing off screen, the gingham tablecloth, Wendy smoking, and both Danny and Wendy being distracted by Jack’s actions. In No.4, it is going to the hotel; in No.62, it is being in the hotel and how things have changed for the worse.

Wendy’s smoking.

Smoking