Just watched the DVD again for the thousandth time and I never really got this scene (when the 2 guys are jousting on the bikes, riding towards each other and Loomis says "it's bad luck just seeing a thing like that.")
What was that supposed to represent? And did the guy who fell off the bike actually die? And what exactly were they using as weapons, it looked like old mop handles with the sponges taken out.
It was as if they had stumbled into a world that was right in front of them yet always hidden. I don't think it was supposed to represent anything. It was just a surreal non-sequitor.
sharePRs are wierd.
"They sucked his brains out!"
I believe the whole intention of the scene is to represent some sort of medieval situation, at the heart of urban life, in a big modern city like New York. Things, like previous posters said, happen right there in front of you, but you never actually see.
They flavored the scene with some classical situations inspired in some bizarre old western at some old spanish villa, where men fighted for the love (or pride) of a beautiful woman (the ons sitting, with the some). Since they were so poor, no horses, armor or weapons. Bare skin, bicicles and garden tools suficed. A church, a catholic priest, a kid making the bells sound at the peak moment when the duel is over completed the picture.
"Another reason why we don't live here anymore" ;)
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Aside from what the other people posted I think it also added to the reasons why they wanted to go out of the city and robbed a bank to do so.
shareTheir entire day was filled with bizarre, horrible and bad luck events. And it all started with Randy Quaid honking the horn.
"George is dead. Call me back."
RING. Hello?
"Hi. It's George."
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It represented jousting. On just another day in a nutty slum.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
And yet it was less bizarre than the guy getting his head shaved on the bus.
Nice to see some some real New York City quirkiness.
I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!
Hewwo.