Dear all,
I am a bit curious with your vision on the following question, which was raised by one of the films reviewers, Alexei Menyailov.
He mostly reviews a lot of top IMDB movies, including the GM, and had done a thorough analysis of the movie; his key points are as follows:
- The age of the narrator / head of the 'E' block (T. Hanks role) is 53/54 y.o. per book, but he looks much younger in the movie; plus he speaks to the head of the prison as equal. As such, narrator lies about his own age and also lies about the real year when the story was happening.
- Electric chair was introduced in Louisiana in 1941, before that the death sentences were made via the hanging.
- Same goes for the prison officer uniforms - introduced in 1941.
- John Coffey's death sentence was requested to be executed on November, 20.
- Hence, the real story happens not during the Great Depression, as narrator claims, but instead it happens during the summer-autumn 1942, eventually peaking during the time of the Stalingrad battle and being the start of the Hitler's collapse.
- Stalingrad's counterattack started with the charge of the Soviets marine corps
- John Coffey seems to have served in the U.S. Navy:
(i) He does not know what the 'corridor' is (this term is never used on the fleet, instead - they have tunnels / decks).
(ii) Coffey knows the constellations' names (Cassiopea, a navigation star)
(iii) He walks like a sailor (e.g. how he steps down the truck).
- We can also draw parallels of the relations between the 'Hanks' - Coffey and Pontius Pilate - Jesus Christ. Both allowed to get the innocent people executed, but did not do anything to save them; and were doomed to suffer for the rest of their lives. Narrator eventually reaches the age of 108.
To conclude, Coffey's death is sacred to bring the light to the human kind and allow the Allies to win against the evil side (=nazis).
I believe this theory is a bit brave - feel free to share your thoughts as well
I am a bit curious with your vision on the following question, which was raised by one of the films reviewers, Alexei Menyailov.
He mostly reviews a lot of top IMDB movies, including the GM, and had done a thorough analysis of the movie; his key points are as follows:
- The age of the narrator / head of the 'E' block (T. Hanks role) is 53/54 y.o. per book, but he looks much younger in the movie; plus he speaks to the head of the prison as equal. As such, narrator lies about his own age and also lies about the real year when the story was happening.
- Electric chair was introduced in Louisiana in 1941, before that the death sentences were made via the hanging.
- Same goes for the prison officer uniforms - introduced in 1941.
- John Coffey's death sentence was requested to be executed on November, 20.
- Hence, the real story happens not during the Great Depression, as narrator claims, but instead it happens during the summer-autumn 1942, eventually peaking during the time of the Stalingrad battle and being the start of the Hitler's collapse.
- Stalingrad's counterattack started with the charge of the Soviets marine corps
- John Coffey seems to have served in the U.S. Navy:
(i) He does not know what the 'corridor' is (this term is never used on the fleet, instead - they have tunnels / decks).
(ii) Coffey knows the constellations' names (Cassiopea, a navigation star)
(iii) He walks like a sailor (e.g. how he steps down the truck).
- We can also draw parallels of the relations between the 'Hanks' - Coffey and Pontius Pilate - Jesus Christ. Both allowed to get the innocent people executed, but did not do anything to save them; and were doomed to suffer for the rest of their lives. Narrator eventually reaches the age of 108.
To conclude, Coffey's death is sacred to bring the light to the human kind and allow the Allies to win against the evil side (=nazis).
I believe this theory is a bit brave - feel free to share your thoughts as well
