Friday, February 11, 2011

Thief analysis - part 7: Descent into Hell

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Top left: Exterior view of the Bank of California building. The vault to be robbed lies at the third level down from the rooftop. This level can be taken as the fourth circle of Dante's Inferno (Hell), which is where the greedy are punished, if we consider the first circle (Limbo) to be represented by the world in which Frank, Leo, and the others live. Top right: Frank tells Leo that the vault robbery job will require 16-18 hours inside the building. Above left: The men work their way through the roof while Tangerine Dream's Igneous plays. Certain types of igneous rock lie near the Earth's surface; what is being represented here is the idea that the men are cutting through the Earth's crust. Above right: The robbery in progress. The sparks and flames here represent the fires of Hell.


   

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