SPIELBERG THEME - LIGHT: Spielberg uses light, a common indicator of knowledge and truth in his films, in the scene where Monica ‘activates’ David and truly accepts him as her son.However, the cold, colourless nature of the light suggests that this is anything but a happy scene of true emotional illumination. Monica is using David to fill the void left by her comatose son, and will eventually abandon him when she and her husband view him as a threat.

SPIELBERG THEME - LIGHT: Spielberg uses light, a common indicator of knowledge and truth in his films, in the scene where Monica ‘activates’ David and truly accepts him as her son.

However, the cold, colourless nature of the light suggests that this is anything but a happy scene of true emotional illumination. Monica is using David to fill the void left by her comatose son, and will eventually abandon him when she and her husband view him as a threat.

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