For most of the film, David (Jesse Eisenberg) wears navy blue while Benji (Kieran Culkin) wears maroon red. These colours switch towards the end of the film, noticeably on the last day of their trip as they head to their Grandmothers town.

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    1. Great film.

      Question – what do you think is the significance?

      Question 2 – at what point does a detail like this get added? Like is it supplied as notes by the writers for the director/costume department with the script (e.g. “during the course of the screenplay, the colour of their clothes should swap, signifying x”), or is it more likely to be something discussed by the director after reviewing the script?

    2. Frammingatthejimjam on

      Color switches are taken to another level in “The Cook, The Thief, His wife and her Lover”.

    3. this matches the character changes by the end of the movie!

      >!Benji is left the one who is anxious, sad and all alone, David goes home confident to a happy life with his family!<

    4. Tried to watch this the other night. Didn’t find it funny and just felt like a piece of jewish propaganda.

    5. Usually my movie tastes are more or less aligned with mainstream opinion, but I didn’t like this film at all and I feel like I must be missing something, because most people really liked it.

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