Inglourious Basterds

Dir. Quentin Tarantino
2009

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"I think this just might be my masterpiece."

The Last of the Mohicans

Dir. Michael Mann
1992

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The Hunt for Red October

Dir. John McTiernan
1990

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"It's cold this morning," the XO remarks to the Captain. The captain agrees. "Cold, and hard." We see the cold and feel the harsh reality of the environment in this opening shot, symbolically standing in for the cold and hard regime under which the XO and Captain live; a regime from which they are planning to defect. At the end we see a teddy bear, purchased to accompany Jack Ryan's daughter's existing bear, showing he is close to returning to domestic tranquility. But the bear too points us to the comfort that the Captain now feels, away from the "cold and hard" place he left.