Puzzle Films¶
Buckland, W. (2009). Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema. Wiley-Blackwell.
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- Foreshadowing Cue
- The final reveal — that Malcolm has been dead since the opening scene — retroactively converts all of them at once, and the film became famous precisely for rewarding a second viewing, where the planted cues now carry the meaning the ending conferred
This sourceA chapter on The Sixth Sense in Buckland's Puzzle Films, showing that a second viewing reveals Shyamalan was 'honest' and that the film's cues had been planted.
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“Contrary to our initial recollections, however, a second viewing reveals that Shyamalan is “honest””
- The final reveal — that Malcolm has been dead since the opening scene — retroactively converts all of them at once, and the film became famous precisely for rewarding a second viewing, where the planted cues now carry the meaning the ending conferred
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