Jamie Carney
Sabintino Magnini English Composition I Due: Draft 1 due by 11:59pm on 3/23 I See Malcolm Crowe The 1999 film The Sixth Sense produced and written by M. Night Shyamalan follows a revered and troubled social worker in his endeavor to help an equally troubled child. After receiving an award for his outstanding psychiatric work with children, Dr. Malcolm Crowe Finds Vincent Grey, a former patient suffering from hallucinations, in his bathroom and accuses the doctor of failing him before pointing the gun at himself and committing suicide. A year later, he encounters nine year old Cole Sear, his newest patient with similar issues to Vincent Dr Malcolm sees Cole as redemption for his failure; a second chance to save the patient he could not before. However, it is not mere hallucinations causing Cole's unusual behavior, but something much darker. Crowe comes to realize a terrifying truth about the boy; He can see dead people. In the end, it turns out in a twist ending that Dr. Crow is one of these dead people and is unaware until the end of the film. It sent shock waves through audiences as Crowe played his role as a seemingly living character and was completely unexpected. Or was it? I believe Cole knew Malcolm was dead. There are many events that go unnoticed and overlooked by the first time viewer that are obvious to an experienced one. Some specific scenes that prove this are The church scene, the hospital scene, and when Dr Malcolm tells Cole he can no longer help. Cole’s and Crowe's first encounter is rather strange. At 11:34 in The Sixth Sense, we see Dr Malcolm sitting on a bench across from Cole’s school. When malcolm looks down cole has gone of the screen and is quickly walking away, he looks at malcolm and begins to run as if he is afraid of him. Dr. malcolm then proceeds to chase him to the church where they talk for the first time. Cole, obviously afraid of the doctor, hides behind the pews and puts his soilders up as if to protect him. Cole very obviously fears malcolm in this scene. Scared to see a ghost when he walked out from school, he speed walks at the sight of him and begins to run when he chases him. Of course, anyone would be suspicious of a tall man in a trench coat pursuing them, however, the fact that Cole is so quick to leave before Malcom even gets up proves that there is another reason behind his fear. When Malcolm was peacefully sitting on that bench, there was no reason for Cole to be afraid. This is explained when the chase ends at the church, where we learn later that being in an enclosed area shrouded in religious items is his personal safe haven from the bad spirits, which is why he ran there the when Crowe was chasing him. Cole: “D...De profundis clamo ad te domine. It's called "Latin." Malcom: “All your soldiers speak Latin?” Cole: “No……. Are you a good doctor?” Malcolm: “Well, I used to be. I won an award once from the mayor…” Cole: “I'm gonna see you again, right?” Malcom: “ If that's okay with you.” (13:10 - 14:50 The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan). Cole: “Tell me the story about why you're sad.” Malcolm: “You think I'm sad? What makes you think that?” Cole: “Your eyes told me.” Malcolm “Once upon a time, there was this person named Malcolm.He worked with children.He loved it. He loved it more than anything else.And then one night,he found out that...he made a mistake with one of them. He couldn't help that one.And he can't stop thinking about it. He can't forget. Ever since then, things have been different. He's not the same person that he used to be. And his wife...doesn't like the person that he's become. They barely speak anymore. They're like strangers..” Cole: “ I am ready to tell you my secret” (48:00 The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan) It is at this moment that roles in Crowes and Cole's relationship switch-- Cole beings to help Malcolm. When Crow confesses this Cole immediately this scene cole realizes that Crow is looking for resolution through being his doctor. Cole knows that the only way Malcolm can move on is if he can through helping him and he knows the only way he can do that is by telling him that he can see dead people. Despite this evidence, there are some that argue against this theory: and that is completely understandable. It is never openly said in the film that Cole knows Dr Malcolm is dead and it is not detectable when watching the film for the first time. In complete honesty, I didn't buy this at all when I first saw the movie. Until I saw it a second time of course. Looking back at the movie knowing that Crowe is a ghost and recognizing cues that there is a spirit in the scene, you notice some things you didn't before. Take one of my previous examples, When Cole runs into the church when Malcolm chased him. We know that now that cole ran into the church to get away from Malcolm because we find out later that he hides behind religious icons and symbols for protection. Another scene that requires a prior viewing of the film to really understand is the scene in which Crowe tells Cole he can no longer be his doctor. The following piece of Dialogue is interesting in that it proves just how much Cole is willing to help Malcolm. Malcolm: “ I'm going to transfer you. I know two psychologists.” Cole “Don't fail me. Don't give up. You're the only one who can help me, I know it. Malcolm: “I can't help you. You...Someone else can help you.” Cole: “You believe me, right? Dr. Crowe, you believe my secret, right?” Malcolm: “I don't know how to answer that Cole.” Cole: “How can you help me...if you don't believe me? Some magic's real” As explained before, Cole realizes that the only way to help Malcolm is that he stays Crowes patient, which is why he begs him to be his doctor. Cole need to get him to believe him or else he cannot help cole-- nor can cole help the doctor. Without knowing that in the end both characters ended up saving each other, there is no possible way to understand this argument. Cole knew Malcolm was dead. There are many events that go unnoticed and overlooked by the first time viewer that are obvious to an experienced one. Some specific scenes that prove this are The church scene, the hospital scene, and when Dr Malcolm tells Cole he can no longer help. These are only a few scenes that convey that Cole knew a long that Malcolm is a ghost. I encourage the reader to do a close inspection of the movie and these particular scenes and look at the way Cole acts towards Crowe throughout the movie.
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Why does Cole suddenly decide to help the spirits that tormented him? Did the spirits really ever carry any ill will towards him? What caused The doctor to believe Coles secret? Why does he decide to help Cole afterwards? Why didnt cole realize that Malcolm was a ghost? Did he realize at the end of the film without openly saying it and if so, what social cues did Cole portray to lead you to believe this? Were there any specific scenes in the movie that indicated that Crowe was a spirit before the ending? Explore scenes where he was talking to his wife and other scenes where he was seemed to interact with people other than cole. (his wife's boyfriend, cole's mom in the beginning etc.) Who benefited more from the relationship? Dr. Crowe or malcolm? Why?
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The 1999 film The Sixth Sense produced by M. Night Shyamalan follows a revered and troubled social worker in his endeavor to help an equally troubled child. After receiving an award for his outstanding psychiatric work with children, Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) Finds Vincent grey, a former patient suffering from hallucinations, in his bathroom and accuses the doctor of failing him before pointing the gun at himself and committing suicide. A year later, he encounters nine year old Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), his newest patient with similar issues to Vincent Dr Malcolm sees Cole as redemption for his failure; a second chance to save the patient he could not before. However, it is not mere hallucinations causing Cole's unusual behavior, but something much darker. Crowe comes to realize a terrifying truth about the boy; He can see the dead. I personally enjoyed the film. The twist ending caught me completely off guard and changed my view of the entire movie. Quotes: (all of the following quotes were taken from this link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167404/quotes ) Cole: Tell me the story about why you're sad. Malcolm Crowe: You think I'm sad? [Cole nods] Malcolm Crowe: What makes you think that? Cole Sear: Your eyes told me. Once upon a time there was this person named Malcolm. He worked with children. He loved it. He loved it more than anything else. And then one night, he found out that he made a mistake with one of them. He couldn't help that one. And he can't stop thinking about it, he can't forget. Ever since then, things have been different. He's not the same person that he used to be. And his wife doesn't like the person that he's become. They barely speak anymore, they're like strangers. And then one day Malcolm meets this wonderful little boy, a really cool little boy. Reminds him a lot of the other one. And Malcolm decides to try and help this new boy. 'Cause he feels that if he can help this new boy, it would be like helping that other one too.” Cole Sear: How does the story end? Malcolm Crowe: I don't know. Malcolm: I think I can go now. Just needed to do a couple of things. I needed to help someone; I think I did. And I needed to tell you something: You were never second, ever. I love you. You sleep now. Everything will be different in the morning.” Anna Crowe: [in her sleep] “Good night, Malcolm…” Malcolm Crowe: “Goodnight, sweetheart.” |
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