Before we get into today's quote, my discovery, etc., I'm going to revisit Scene 84 because while I was preparing to format things for the posts about today's quote I noticed something in Scene 84 that I'd never noticed before - yet more proof that no matter how many times one watches something (and I've watched NoDS so many times that I've lost count), one can still notice something new. And to be somewhat fair to myself, when I saw NoDS in theaters and when I've watched it on Blu-ray, what I noticed today is not as noticeable as it is in the VHS version of the film. But considering the vast majority of times I'd watched NoDS, I'd watched it on VHS by virtue of the fact the VHS has been available for over 30 years, there may not be a good excuse that I didn't notice what I did today until today - well, except for the fact that my attention is normally completely on Quentin in the brief period what I noticed today comes and goes on screen.
But none of that is telling you what I did notice. And what I did notice would certainly seem to answer a question fans of the film have wondered though presumed they knew the answer to. And that question is did Charles paint the portrait of Angelique that hangs in Collinwood's Gallery? We've often said the answer is obvious that he did, but we didn't have real proof. But real proof would indeed seem to be in the film, albeit briefly, in Scene 84.
So, without further teasing, here's a screen cap from the Blu-ray that shows the proof -
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- and don't feel bad if you don't immediately see it - but here's a frame taken from a the Laser Disc version of the film that shows the proof much better -
- so as you can see it's a sketch of Angelique wearing the same dress and necklace that she wears in the portrait -
- and even though it's not the same pose, it would certainly seem to be ample proof that Charles painted her portrait...
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ADMIN: Edited to replace TV video screen capture)