Director Giordano Pele is known for his thrillers that get people talking and debating the nuances within the stories they tell. The one from last summer No was no exception. There were layers within the film that told different stories from multiple perspectives, and it’s been fun to peel away the layers since I’ve seen it.
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In a recent interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast (via gamesradar), Peele talked about the iconic shoe that appeared multiple times in the film. We first see this in the horrific chimpanzee attack on the set of the sitcom Gordy’s house, where Gordy the chimpanzee goes on a rampage, killing and maiming the stars of the show, save for one little boy, who we later learn is Steven Yeun’s character Jupe. As a child on set, he survived by hiding under a table, where he concentrated on a shoe that had landed directly upright after flying off another actress’s foot. Jupe then displays the shoe, still standing, in a small museum dedicated to the sitcom. Peele explained:
“The shoe represents a moment where we control a trauma. And Jupe, it focuses on this little shoe, that’s Mary Jo’s shoe, which has ended up in a precarious and strange situation. And this is the moment where she dissociates. So the shoe to me is, in essence, in a sense, it’s the impossible shot. That’s the impossible moment.”
“The Impossible Shot” is a recurring theme in the film, with famed photographer Antlers Holst (Michael Wincott) giving everything for the chance to record the alien spacecraft at the end.
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by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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