----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >My sincere query now as a non-film expert concerns "Toto le heros" which >I saw for the first time on Bravo last night. How could such a well done >film have portrayed a TV playing in the hospital nursery fire scene, when >the adult character is now in his late 60s or 70s? Was this anachronism >discussed in earlier writing on the film? Did I misview this scene? Any >responses will be appreciated. I was also initially confused by the apparent temporal anachronisms in TOTO. Notice, however, that the "old age" sequences carry numerous subtle references to the fact that this is the _future_ (relative to our "present") -- perhaps most explicitly in the news reportage of the attempted assassination, but there are little visual cues here and there (note the mass transportation scene: where on earth do you find a subway/train compartment quite like the one depicted?) If, on second viewing, you locate the childhood sequences in (probably) the late 60s; the adult sequences in our present, and the old age scenes in some mildly dystopian future, it all makes _wonderful_ and quite witty sense. Regards, ===================================== Dana Bonstrom Director, New Media Initiative ========THE FILM STUDY CENTER======== Harvard University 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 tel 617.496.2714 fax 617.495.8197 =====================================