PTA's MacGuffins

[life_boy]

I believe the suitcase in Pulp Fiction is a MacGuffin (for another example).  I don't really know of any in PTA's films.

[©brad]

damn this macguffin stuff is complicated.

hehehe.  

[Newtron]

Donnie's braces (forms arbitrary connection with Brad, leads to his betrayal of Solomon Solomon - break in)

Jim's Gun is a sort of MacGuffin.

They're usually found in plot-heavy films, where things need to keep moving and need a reason to happen. Fortunately with PTA the film seems to emerge from the characters which adds a certain depth to even the small things.

God bless Magnolia.

[Sigur Rós]

MacGuffin.....sounds like something you wanna eat!

To sum up a Macguffin, the prime example is Rosebud in Citizen Kane. Although some critics argue against this, the quest for Rosebud drove the whole plot but the object itself had little significance.

...Rosebud is a clitoris... Some rich-guy, in real life, very similar to Kane named his lovers clitoris Rosebud. So Wells made a joke of it   In that way you could call it a MacGuffin  

[Dirk]

...Rosebud is a clitoris... Some rich-guy, in real life, very similar to Kane named his lovers clitoris Rosebud. So Wells made a joke of it   In that way you could call it a MacGuffin  

Abuse of the smilies :x

[MacGuffin]

There is one MacGuffin in Punch-Drunk Love. 8)

   

[phil marlowe]

Rosebud is a clitoris... In that way you could call it a MacGuffin

[MacGuffin]

Rosebud is a clitoris... In that way you could call it a MacGuffin

MacGuffin.....sounds like something you wanna eat!

suck it long and hard.

[Travis Bickle]

since PT's movies are mostly character driven, i would say 'the worm' is a MacGuffin.

[moonshiner]

"damn this macguffin stuff is complicated" - cecil b. demented
"MacGuffin.....sounds like something you wanna eat!" - Sigur Rós

Blackman....you've fallen into MacGuffin's master plan of self-righteousness.

[phil marlowe]

Blackman....you've fallen into MacGuffin's master plan of self-righteousness.

You are right. Maybe I should have someone do a thread about The Long Goodbye.

[RegularKarate]

The fact that the Harmonium is a symbol probably disqualifies it as a MacGuffin.

A good example of a MacGuffin is the money is Psycho.  (although there is some argument as to that being more of a red herring)

[ReelHotGames]

To help settle the "what is a macguffin" debate watch Hitchcock's "Notorious" - the substance in the wine bottles is a macguffin, it is what everyone in the film is "after" or centered around, and yet the item itself, the substance within is irrelevant to the "story".