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Did anyone else think that Danford bought some of the bread?

posted 9 years ago by billyfsu20
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Before the boy is hired to buy the last of the bread, a female stops at the table and purchases some of the last loaves. She engages with the girl - calls her by name - and asks about her mother. Unlike any of the other buyers, we never see her face and just her hands which, unlike the other shoppers, doesn't appear to be dark-skinned.

I noticed at what is supposed to be this same point, when the film shifts back to the control rooms, in the background the bug camera is showing on the screens the live feed from inside the house. The males are getting ready for their supposed suicide attack and being filmed giving their last statements, but the female (Danford) does not appear to be in the room at this point.

I think perhaps the viewer is supposed to assume that Danford actually bought the bread. It might make sense that she's been to this safe house before and purchased bread from the girl in the past. I thought it was one of the few subtle touches in the movie, which helped to portray the "villain" as a multi-layered person and not just all-encompassed evil. Actually, now that I think about it, the movie was a little too heavy handed in a lot of parts so maybe I'm giving the filmmakers a little too much credit here, and maybe it wasn't supposed to be her.

[–] MuchToBeGratefulFor 9 years ago

I don't believe that Danford brought the bread or that the audience was supposed to think that. They were tracking her every move and everyone would have gone on alert if she had left the house.

You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi

[–] ironjade 8 years ago

She definitely bought the farm.

"Say it with flowers . . . give her a Triffid."

[–] hesterws 8 years ago

It definitely looked like a white woman's hands, and I immediately assumed that Danford somehow left the house unnoticed by the surveillance cameras/operators. I mean, it seems very unlikely that there would be another white women in the same vicinity as the target house. I kept waiting for one of the military people to notice and say something. But then nothing came of it, and it just stayed in the back of my mind for the rest of the movie. Still not sure what to make of it, but it didn't really detract from my enjoyment of the movie.

[–] raf-33 8 years ago

She was dressed almost identical, and without Mo Farah operating his iBeetle we had no way of knowing exactly who was in any of the rooms other than the vest room. When the drone team panned back to the house she could have slipped outside.

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[–] bellapeligrosa 8 years ago

It's a nice thought, but:

1. She didn't live in the area, she was visiting, so it's unlikely she would know the girl or her mother. You made this point already, but given she's on a wanted list I doubt she'd be roaming the streets purchasing bread and getting to know the locals. It's a safe house for a reason - It's supposed to be safe when you're inside it. Plus she's white so she'd stick out like a sore thumb.
2. Why would Danford buy bread when she's just about to send 2 suicide bombers to kill hundreds of people? Someone on the cusp of a mission like that wouldn't have bread on her mind.
3. Danford is clearly dangerous, and hard-hearted. She's not someone who would be making small talk with a young girl. Young girls would have no doubt died as a result of her terror attacks. I can't see her having empathy.

It's too cerebral! We're trying to make a movie here, not a film!