bishop sure did not look dead - Night on Earth (1991) Discussion

[–] rianto99 19 years ago

he certainly did. i don't know if it was on purpose. i think he swallowed another pill (there were plenty on the taxi floor) and fell asleep,

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[–] seftonholmes 18 years ago

yeah it looked like he was in some sort of coma.

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[–] dreaddi 18 years ago

Ooooh! I didn't even notice he swallowed any pills! I just thought Beninigni's (sp?) character's incessant talking killed him. Well, I was drunk while watching the movie, but still...

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[–] TarasCoffins 18 years ago

Yeah and the thing with his eyes opening after the taxi driver closed them... surely he was still alive?

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[–] SteveMiller_MovieReviews 18 years ago

I was expecting him to get up and walk off after the driver drove off. Basically he couldn't cope anymore with the constant vulgar chat, so pretended to be dead to get out of the taxi, and pay no fee!!!

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[–] natyroper 18 years ago

After being seated down on the bench he also moved his head.

I can't quite figure out if he was supposed to be dead or not.

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[–] candyshapedratpoison 17 years ago

when he sat in the car supposingly dead and he blinked once, i thought he was just faking it. but apparently he was supposed to be dead. disgusting episode by the way... sheep and pumpkins lol

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[–] [email protected] 16 years ago

Don't think so. He also opened up his eyes twice after Benigni closed them.

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[–] astat-2 17 years ago

When you move a dead body that is still warm it can behave like that.

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[–] sandifay62 16 years ago

I always assumed that he was passed out and the cab driver ASSUMED he was dead. He seemed more passed out, to me. That's what made it so funny to me. The fact that the guy wasn't even dead and the cab driver panicks and leaves him. Either way, it's funny, though. :-D

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[–] astat-2 16 years ago

He seemed more passed out, to me.

He obviously had a heart attack. Remember that before he died, he tried to take a medicine (presumably nitroglycerine) but did not succeede.

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[–] sandifay62 16 years ago

Well I haven't performed a formal investigation, the plane tickets to Rome didn't come through, no one reported a crime, and it has been some years ago, but like I said, either way, it was funny.

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[–] LadyMargaret 16 years ago

The genius of that cab ride was that the phrase "talked to death". The priest died of a heart attack because the pills, probably digitalis, fell on the floor, but you did feel like the cabbie talked him to death.

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[–] AmericanMovieFan 13 years ago

Yes, I did. I noticed the blinking in particular. I wasn't sure if he was incapable of faking being dead or if Jarmusch did it on purpose as a nod and wink to the audience OR if he was supposed to not actually be dead, but be in shock or being having some other medical issue that wasn't necessarily death. lol. Either way, hilarious sequence.

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