Holloway Nugent

Three scenes help us understand why Holloway is indeed the crazyhuntin'sex-crazed rocker we all know and love as "The Nuge."

He steps out of the car holding a rifle, ready to kick some ass!

Immediately upon showing up at the House he makes it clear he is the alpha male, the man in charge, the man with the plan, locked and loaded.

He begins to make his move on the only woman in the house right away, paying no attention to Navidson. Karen is his to be won. Go Nuge!

He also likes Neon, guns, shooting guns, shooting guns at his friends, and shooting guns at his friends who are trying to save friends already shot by his guns. Let's be honest - Holloway Nugent is meat-eater and being that they have run out of food he is huntin' his meat - in a totally hetero albeit canablistic way! Get 'em Nuge!

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MindAdventureDream House

When a House is Not a House...

1. So the obvious one first - The House as a mind. A blank slate that turns into whatever you are thinking. This idea is put forth many different times and makes a lot of sense. It can be vast, yet seem very small and closing in on itself, the possibilities are endless, you are not resrtricted by conventional science, physics, etc. but how much can you actually use, see, explore? Everyone seems a little afraid of it at first, which is interesting, except maybe the kids...

2. I love the idea that the kids have maybe been playing in the hallway the whole time. Why is everyone so afraid of this hallway? Because its dark and cold? Think as a kid...make a fort, make an igloo, a room that you can't break any of your parents expensive crap or stain the rugs. This is the House as an Adventure. This is the coolest thing that could ever happen to a kid, you could create any adventure in the world in this place and it would still be different every time, kind of like a Choose your own Adventure Novel. Travel the world, go 20,000 leagues under the sea, land on the Moon, have some frickin' fun and stop being such a scaredy cat.

3. The last idea is the House as a dream. This idea kind of combines the previous two - an adventure of the mind. You start in pure dark, blackness and create crazy, otherworldly nonsensical scenarios and every door that opens can change everything. You bring your personal experiences into it and your fears, dreams, hopes shape how your dream unravels. Each time you fall asleep again it starts all over...

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VIDEO

Telescopic Evolution

I chose this video because it is one of my favorite conversations from a great movie Waking Life. You must watch this movie if you have not already. The conversation is about the endless possibilities of how we as humans and life in general evolves and what is possible in this universe. I think this movie deals with a similar topic to House of Leaves - What is actually possible in the physical universe we inhabit? Are we actually bound by physics and science, or is our imagination, our minds the only thing that limits us? This is probably my favorite theme of books/movies and the main reason I am enjoying House of Leaves. I do believe in things like timetravel, alternate existences, dreams being the "real" reality, and in general challenging the notion of reality in general. I have also had some crazy dreams since I started reading this book...and waking life is a lot about dreams and lucid dreaming so it all ties in. Here are some more books and movies that deal with this stuff - please help me remember more...

Books : Einstein's Dreams, The Time-traveler's Wife, Life of Pi, The Death of Vishnu

Movies: Waking Life, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (compare house deteriorating scene to clothes deteriorating in House of Leaves), Contact, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation

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