Hello, I am writing a review of Sling Blade and would like to gather some opinions on what members of this group think about the special effects lighting in the film. Several times, horizontal bars of greenish light appear. This occurs most noteably the last time at the pond with Frank, (the refelcted ripples of water), and as Karl stands over the body of Doyle (the light on Karl's chest coming through the blinds.) Anybody have a notion of what this means, or, (better yet), some root in other mediums? I am working also with the whole redemption/destruction theme in religious terms and would be interested in your comments. It seems to me that Karl determines to kill Doyle while at the pond with Frank. When Karl says that people who commit suicide go to Hades and then Frank says, "Yeah, people who kill other people go there too," a look of sad realization comes over Karl's face and the camera penetrates the inscrutable eyes. I think he determines here that he is Hades-bound because of his murders. Then he later askes for baptism with a hammer in his hand. And later, he gives his Bible to Frank. Has Karl in his muddled/clarvoiant way consigned himself to hell? Does he reckon that he is lost to perdition anyway and thus determine to kill Doyle? Let me know what you think. John Schuurman http://www.mcs.com/~wcrc/movies.html ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite