Nicole McLellan - Imagery in "Northfork"

I could not help but notice some of the awesome imagery found in the film. First of all, the angels and the different items on Irwin’s nightstand had an interesting correlation. All of the items on his nightstand corresponded with different characteristics of the angels. The next thing I found interesting was the toy plane. Again, this plane could be seen sitting on Irwin’s nightstand, and it looks exactly like the plane that Irwin and the angels fly away in at the end of the movie. As the plane flies off into the distance, at the very last second, it actually looks like a bird flying as opposed to a plane. I’m not sure what to make of this, but I thought it was definitely worth noting.

Another bit of imagery that I thought was interesting was the man on the porch with the shotgun. After he stops shooting at the men in the car, they are eventually able to walk right up to the house. They find that he has actually nailed himself to the porch, and the film shows his feet with nails through them. I thought this was interesting because at one point in the movie, there is a reference to Jesus. I believe one of the men says, in reference to the cross hanging in his car, “Without the proper words, it’s just a man on a piece of wood.” Again, I’m not really sure what to make of these two things. I thought they were interesting because of the other biblical references throughout the film, such as the reference to Noah’s Arch and the Flood.