Let's talk about Fermat's coat. He just happened to leave it on accident? And Hilbert somehow planned this, so they would find his wallet and discover his connection to Pascal?
PLUS Hilbert planted the Poseidon receipts in his pocket, he was really counting on the dude leaving his coat...
I can take most everything in the film with a leap of faith, but the stuff with the coat seems the most ridiculous to me.
No, that was just coincidence. It didn't matter if the group found the coat, realized who he was and the connection to Pascal. "Fermat" was simply invited invited as a guest to A) confuse the group as the "mysterious host", and B) to be the scapegoat when the cops ultimately found out what happened and blame it all on his (unexistant) wish for revenge. Because, as it's clearly staked out in the end of the movie, his connection to Pascal and the Poseidon press recepit were all reluctant details and had nothing to to with the actual plan. Whether the group found out who Fermat was or not was irrelevant.
"I want a frisbee made of Mexico."
There were 2 similar coloured coats. Was the other one Olivia's or Hilbert's? In the final case, it makes somewhat sense: the receipts were in Hilbert's coat and the other people mixed the coats up.
Chaos reigns
The hydraulic press receipts were found inside furniture in the room, not in a jacket.
shareit was a coincidence that pascal (a great mathematician) hit a girl with his car and that girl happend to be the daughter of Fermat (who is also a great mathematician).
what are the odds of that?
No, Fermat genuinely forgot his coat - Hilbert didn't plan this, it wasn't in his interest to have the people in the room trying to figure out why they are there.
The only reason why Pascal and Fermat were invited was for the police investigation into to motive for this murder. Neither were "great" mathematicians, Pascal was an inventor and we never get to know what Fermat was skilled in. Who they were wasn't important to Hilbert, he just wanted revenge on Galios and to be perceived by the outside world as someone who escaped Fermat's death trap.
No, pjhllnd -
rutica was referring to the REAL historical Pascal and Fermat as great mathematicians, not the characters "Pascal" and "Fermat" in the movie. LOL!
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Oh of course, rutica was refering to that famous 17th century car accident....(!)
As far as I know, Pierre De Fermat had 3 daughters, none of which were hit by a time travelling car - not yet at least =D
I think you have got something wrong: "Hilbert just wanted revenge on Galios and to be perceived by the outside world as someone who escaped Fermat's death trap" -- you say. No. Hilbert wanted to die there together with the others, and he even says they will find him with the papers that prove he was the one to solve the problem (not Fermat's theorem) rather than a young boy.
And everybody knows about the "real" Fermat. Whether he had one or three daughters is irrelevant to the plot here.
Still, I didn't like the film much, and the acting was quite poor at times. Even Luppi could not do much with his part...
I think you missed the ending. Hilbert didnt plan to die, that was because he had the elevator behind the blackboard! Pascal even found that Hilbert died at his 80's.
share^Indeed, if you wanted to die in your own deathtrap then you wouldn't set up an escape route. Unless all deathtraps nowadays come with an escape route for health and safety reasons...
Just to tidy up my initial post (because there's been some misunderstanding)
Bear in mind that it's been a few months since I watched this - My belief was:
Hilbert intended to be the only survivor of this trap. To avoid suspicion that he was behind it all, Pascal and Fermat were "invited" so that the police investigation would focus on Pascal's car accident with Fermat's daughter. Hilbert would mention this fact to the police, and there you have a (false) motive.
As for the Fermat's coat (the original post), Pascal would never have known his connection to Fermat if the coat hadn't accidently been left behind. It wasn't in Hilbert's interest to have the occupants of his trap attempt to figure out why they were there (if they figured out he was behind it all, how would he escape?) Hence the name changes for the sake of anonymity.
To clear up the others' involvement, Galios was invited because he was Hilbert's target. Oliva's past with both Hilbert and Galios might have led her to the true motive, so she was invited to die there also.
How Hilbert intended to escape while the others were crushed? I'm sure he had a plan for that also.
pjhllnd, Thank you for your explanation. I had wondered how Hilbert could have counted on Fermat leaving behind his coat, but now it seems obvious that it wasn't part of Hilbert's plan.
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