The Sixth Sense: This small visual detail could have spoiled the ending of the movie for you

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Among all the legendary theatrical twists of the big screen, Sixième Sens is undoubtedly one of those that has made a lasting impression on us as viewers.

Indeed, the trap set by M. Night Shyamalan in 1999 suddenly closed on its audience after an hour and 40 minutes of film, and we suddenly realized that Dr. Malcolm Crowe, played by Bruce Willis, died in the first series of the feature film.

One of the most memorable endings in cinema

A real shock to most viewers! And yet… as an article Yahoo (And most recently our colleaguesAdoroCinema), a visual cue subtly woven into the plot can allow the most astute observers to predict the ending.

Let’s take a look at this detail that might have caught your attention when you first saw Sixième Sens.

Indeed, when you rediscover a feature film, pay close attention to objects that have a bright red color in the film. As several fans analyzeThese elements would be strategically placed in Shyamalan’s picture at the moment when the dead and living characters interact.

Notice the color red?

So when a young boy, played by Haley Joel Osment, finds himself locked in a closet by a ghost during a birthday party, he wears a red sweater and follows a red balloon. When he comes face to face with the dead girl, he is in his red tent at the end of the film. And it is with a red ink pen that he feverishly transcribes the conversations of ghosts that are heard around him.

Obviously, given that Malcolm is also one of the ghosts, the sequence he’s involved in also contains (at least most of the time), an element of red. When she “dines” alone in a restaurant with her husband, the latter wears a red dress. When she gives the book to her new boyfriend (much to Malcolm’s chagrin), the wrapping paper is bright red. As for the handle of the cellar in which the main character keeps notes, it is also red.

Did you notice any other elements that will allow you to guess the ending of Shyamalan’s film?

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