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What's with all the green???


There's green everywhere; green lighting, clothes, furniture, etc. Anyone know why?

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA...GET USED TO IT!!

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soon to be President Barack Obama is a excellent charismatic orator capable of swaying the opinions of thousands... sound like anyone from history?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#Oratory_and_rallies

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gangsta1979

Even the cat had green eyes.

PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD... GET USED TO IT!

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I noticed all the green too. I found it distracting...I kept trying to figure out where they were going with the green.

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I don't think there's necessarily a deep, symbolic meaning.

The green was probably just something to set the mood or the atmosphere of the film, and Mirabelle's personality. For example, blue might be too breezy and cold, pink too warm and happy and cute, red too passionate and active, etc.

I felt the shades of green used were very fitting for the general feeling of the film. Kind of low-key, not over-dramatic, not especially warm or especially cold (or could be both), a nice neutral, pretty, calming color. Green can look sad, or happy, or warm or cold, depending on how YOU feel.

And besides, I thought it was very pretty! I would love an apartment like Mirabelle's. :)

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