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Something to Consider...

posted 8 years ago by chas437
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Was Lucius Hunt actually Edward Walker's son?

The Sigourney Weaver (Alice Hunt) character was a single mother. Even in the old photo of the founders of the village, we see Alice Hunt alone with baby, while the others are paired off. In the course of the film we see hints at an unspoken, romantic relationship between Walker and Alice. Alice Hunt tells Lucius that his father died in "the towns", but she was single before the experiment began.

So why would Walker want to of his offspring to marry and possibly have inbred children? He had developed a god complex as a leader, and I believe he wanted his bloodline to rule over future generations.

We've seen similar behavior in rulers throughout history. In fact, we've seen similar inbreeding in FLDS (Mormon) compounds, and throughout the history of Mormonism, where a few strong men impregnate many women.

I'm not saying this is all necessarily true, but it something to think about.

[–] johnston.scot 8 years ago

I suppose it's something to think about, but I suspect you're thinking outside the movie.

The elders met in a grief-counseling group after losing a loved one to violence. In Alice's case, the dead loved one was her husband and Lucius' father.

[–] chas437 8 years ago

The elders met in a grief-counseling group after losing a loved one to violence. In Alice's case, the dead loved one was her husband and Lucius' father.

I don't think that's right. In the scene near the end of the film, when Walker opens his black box and looks through old photos, we see a picture of the all of the founders, and Alice is standing alone, holding a baby. All the others are coupled.

I think its possible that Shalamayan this as something to consider, I could be wrong, but that's the way I see it.

[–] johnston.scot 8 years ago

I'm not sure I see the contradiction.

The reason Alice is standing alone is that her husband (Lucius' father) has been killed.

The reason the others are coupled is that they're both alive. They have lost various people: Walker his father (but not his wife), one of the others a brother (but not his wife).

That's by my memory of the voiceover. There may have been more mentioned, or we may just have been left to fill in the general concept that the others are similar (could be siblings, parents, best friends, whatever).

[–] chas437 8 years ago

The photo I'm referring to was taken before they dropped out of society, they are in modern clothes.

But, yeah, the more I think about, I probably am thinking beyond the scope of the film. While my premise is not entirely unreasonable, there just isn't enough to support it.

This film makes one think, that's not a bad thing. The Village is one of my all-time favorite films.

[–] evelhussey 8 years ago

No. When they show the photo you hear each of their voiceovers. Sigourney Weaver's voice is heard saying something to the effect of "My husband left at 9 in the morning to get milk. He was found naked in the East river three days later." That was Lucius's father. She met the Walkers in the support group.

I get that there appears to be something between those characters, but you're reading too much in if you think Walker is Lucius' father. More likely they had an affair or wanted to. I seriously doubt they would have allowed inbreeding. They were all educated and likely familiar with the associated health risks to any children conceived. They had enough to worry about without a higher risk of birth defects.

[–] chas437 8 years ago

I didn't mean to say that Walker was Lucius' father, just that Shyamalan may put things like this in the film to make the viewer think.

We don't get much information about the past of the 'support group', and the fact that Walker and Ivy Hunt have some connection forms a loose end so to speak. I'm reminded of the scene were Lucius tells his mother that there are secrets in every corner of the Village.