Correction of a Falsified Image
Picture 3
(Parker, Angel
Heart1987)
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Picture 4 (Parker, Angel Heart
1987)
Behind this window, the viewer discovers an altar that holds
diverse items among which we find, for example, a pearl necklace, a set
of eyes, a vase with flowers, a beetle,10 a sculpture of Peter Paul Rubens’
praying hands, a set of dice, several lit purple-colored candles, and two
Voodoo dolls. It, thus, combines artifacts representative for the Voodoo
religion (objects dear to the deceased, the priest’s or priestess’ spiritual
necklace representing the different astral realms and respective Iwa, and
the colors of the
guede)with those representative for the Christian faith
(a cross and praying hands). By doing so, the film seems to allude to
New Orleans’ [