Sixth Sense: Vincent and Cole?
Blue Cornejo
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I was wondering why Vincent (the guy who shot Crowe) was made to be
so similar to Cole. Vincent looks very much like you'd expect Cole
to grow up, and more disturbingly, he has the exact same white patch
in his hair, which is pretty uncommon.
I had fleeting thoughts of time-travel, which don't fit the movie at
all, and then thought about some kind of biological/genetic tie. In
fact, I was half-expecting them to reveal that Vincent was Cole's
(very young) father, or half-sibling, or something. I'm glad they
didn't, I think it would have weighed the movie down. But in that
case, why did they bother to make Vincent and Cole look so alike
(right down to the physical movements)?
Seeing ghosts makes your hair go white in patches? It's a genetical
trait? Hammering in the idea that the two boys share something in
common? I think it would've better off without that, unless I'm
missing something. Am I?
Blue.
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Paul Richardson
news:7qk6pb$6o4$1...@news1.Radix.Net...
> Seeing ghosts makes your hair go white in patches? It's a genetical
> trait? Hammering in the idea that the two boys share something in
> common? I think it would've better off without that, unless I'm
> missing something. Am I?
It's a common superstition that children born with white patches of hair are
somehow "gifted" one way or another. I myself was born with such a patch of
hair, but as of yet there are no vomiting little girls showing up at my
house in the middle of the night (thank God).
yak
donal...@NOSPAMuswest.net says...
it usually denotes a scar on your brain... I have such a scar, and such a
patch of hair, although as time has passed the lightness has darkened...
perhaps it healed.
something to think about
yak
Stephen Thompson
joe...@optonline.SPAMBLOCKnet.invalid (Joe Mac) wrote:
>bl...@SMEG.net wrote:
>>Seeing ghosts makes your hair go white in patches? It's a genetical trait?
>>Hammering in the idea that the two boys share something in common? I think
>>it would've better off without that, unless I'm missing something. Am I?
>I'll go with the "seeing ghosts makes your hair go white" train of thought.
>"In patches"? Well....one patch, on the same side and same approx location.
>You'd think the stress of seeing ghosts would manifest itself physically
>somehow.
From Roger Ebert's most recent "Movie Answer Man" column...
Q. After seeing "The Sixth Sense," my friends and I had a question. Donnie
Wahlberg's character, Vincent, has a birth mark (white spot) in his hair,
right behind his right ear, and so did Haley Joel Osment's character, Cole. Is
there are any relation to be made here?
A. Jose Rodriguez, assistant to director N. Night Shyamalan, says: "During
research for the story, the director found that people who experience extreme
trauma sometimes lost pigment in their hair. The relation between Cole and
Vincent is that they both experienced extreme trauma and lost pigment in their
hair."
http://www.suntimes.com/output/answ-man/ebert29.html
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1999 so far... 1. Rushmore 2. Go 3. The Sixth Sense 4. Mystery Men 5. Austin
Powers II 6. Eyes Wide Shut 7. The Matrix 8. Phantom Menace 9. Blair Witch
Project 10. South Park 11. Summer of Sam 12. 8MM 13. Bowfinger 14. Payback 15.
Deep Blue Sea 16. The Mummy 17. Tarzan 18. Mod Squad 19. Thomas Crown Affair
20. General's Daughter 21. True Crime 22. Entrapment 23. The Rage: Carrie 2
Blue Cornejo
: It's a common superstition that children born with white patches of hair are
: somehow "gifted" one way or another. I myself was born with such a patch of
: hair, but as of yet there are no vomiting little girls showing up at my
: house in the middle of the night (thank God).
LOL! OK, that makes sense. I didn't know about that particular
superstition.
Tuttle
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> SPOILERS ahead...
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> I was wondering why Vincent (the guy who shot Crowe) was made to be
> so similar to Cole. Vincent looks very much like you'd expect Cole
> to grow up, and more disturbingly, he has the exact same white patch
> in his hair, which is pretty uncommon.
> Seeing ghosts makes your hair go white in patches? It's a genetical
> trait? Hammering in the idea that the two boys share something in
> common? I think it would've better off without that, unless I'm
> missing something. Am I?
Note to self- John Henson can see ghosts.