Vexilloids in Cast Away - 2000

 In the year 2000 Tom Hanks starred in Cast Away.  Traditional flags do not appear in the film but vexilloids appear in non-traditional ways.The most noticeable vexilloid is the golden wind marker.  Like a flag this device communicates an idea for the observer.


The movie takes us to Russia, Tennessee, Texas, and Tahiti.  Cast Away is another grand slam hit from Robert Zemeckis  who can make opposite polarity 'Touch Stone-Disney Movies.'   Animated Disney movies are made for children on the surface, but adult themes give them an appeal for grownups.  Likewise Zemeckis makes movies for adults on the surface, but yet his movies often have an appeal for children and teens.


A close up of Chuck Noland examining the 'hoist' of his wind riding wind vexilloid.  It was originally made from a girl's dress.  It's purpose is for him alone to note the time for his exodus.


Another makeshift vexilloid in the film is Wilson's VHS video tape streamers.  In the movie Wilson is a volleyball that has become Mr. Noland's virtual companion.  Just as people talk to television during an athletic tourney, cars when driving becomes a challenge or toys, Wilson has become a virtual buddy of Charles.

Usually a mailbox has a metal red flag to indicate that something is ready to be picked up by the US Post Office.  However in this film it has been replaced with a metal feather.   In the background are the iconic feathers of hope that enchanted Chuck Noland to leave his dreadfully lonely tropical paradise.

Cast Away was more than just a survival film on a lonely island, it was a survival film for the human heart.  After the proverbial personal tower of the ego was smashed to pieces was Noland able to find an inner grace and strength to move forward.  

 

Flags from movie The Secret 2006

 In 2006 the world was given a glimpse into the working of the magical and magnificent universe in the book and movie The Secret.  Mind over matter is an ancient paradigm, but the matters discussed in The Secret reveals a very real law that is beyond science and the traditional means of measure - the Law of Attraction.  Most important to this blog are the vexilloids that appear in this inspiring work and message to all.

In the emotional indicator chart of monitoring ones thoughts, scroll like streamers appear.  When your mood is on the wrong track, a shift in the mind to generate the right emotions is critical, otherwise more of the negative may come your way.  

Flags appear in a few of the short transition montages.  Here, a protest is taking place.  In the context of Law of Attraction, it is important for demonstrators to get their message out the right way.  Instead of partaking in an anti-war protest or anti-hunger rally, it is better to expend the effort in a pro-peace or pro-food abundance movement.  Note that this is not simply a relabeling of words to promote an idea, but rather a shift of the intention to meet a higher goal. 

The US flag for a short instant appears in The Secret and can be seen on the naval ship upon the right.

This delightful heart inspiring movie and book was written by Rhoda Bryne.  It puts great value on intention and the methodology of attaining ones dreams.

Note that Rhonda did not invent nor discover the Law of Attraction, but she did orchestrate a wonderful symphony of established individuals who bring life and expound upon the unlimited possibilities of properly using the Law of Attraction.

LINK TO RHONDA BYRNE'S WEBSITE
http://thesecret.tv/

Another idea illustrated in The Secret was to create a vision board.  In this vision board a multitude of people from all over the world, are able to look past their differences, and feel the happy.

Will this come true?  According to The Secret as told by Rhoda Byrne it must, when we enter with the right intention, motivation, and action.  Many people stall on the action part, allowing fear, skepticism, or worry to hold them back.  But when a positive intuitive nudge pops in your head - JUST DO IT, ACTION, JUMP IN, GO, NOW! 

Why are all these people excited to read my book, because it's a groovy idea that illustrates synchronicity in action or rather it is objective proof of providence. At this point of my writing career I can testify that looking at things with a positive perspective does indeed cause a shift in more positive outcomes with the individual. 

Right now the vision of the book is complete and when my book, The Fraternal Flag Twins of the United States: an Illustration of Synchronicity and Providence, manifests in the material world, this blog post will become a sparkling shadow adding a golden nugget of truth that this 'Secret Stuff' aka The Law of Attraction really works.

Flags and other Vexilloids is Deepak Chopra's The Rabbit Hole Series: Journey to Englightenment

 Flags can be briefly seen in the internet short upon the Chopra Well on Youtube: Journey to Enlightenment, The Rabbit Hole with Deepak Chopra, uploaded on May 20, 2013.  Flags appear in the scene were cosmic consciousness is explained, during an overlay image of fisherman and a jungle.  The outline of several flags appear upon the fishing boat on the right, but it is nearly impossible to make out any detail.

Another vexilloid that is popular with its associations with youth is the hand held pinwheel wind catcher.  A rainbow coloured pinwheel vexilloid is held by a young boy who is full of joy running though a wheat field.

These series of videos, The Rabbit Hole, hosted by Deepak Chopra expounds upon the various ideas and ways to expand into higher and happier states of being.
   

Artistic Dream Vexilloid Projections - 1990 It must have been love by Roxette

In Pretty Woman 1990, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, distinguished vexilloids appear in the video for It must have been love by Roxette.

The song was originally written in 1987 as a Christmas Song by Peter Gessle.  But some songs get a second life, and this is one of them, becoming a world wide phenomenon.

Mirroring the essence of a flag, sheets wave in the back-and-foreground with images from the film, reflecting the ever so ethereal and whirlwind path of love.
Like the waving of political flags, the waving sheets in this video have the hearth to stir the heart.  Certainly they reflect the flowing feeling of Marie Fredricksson.  


In the wake of broken hearts, mysterious seeds of fate crystallize in the soul.  A demotion on the sunny side of public spaces, yet it is also a promotion unto the midnight eclipse of wondering stars.  As such, it is a rare invitation, an invitation to join the unbounded troop of enchanted artists of the night.   

US Flags in video for Dennis Leary's Song A-hole 1993

In 1993 the US flag made several spotlight appearances in Dennis Leary's official video Asshole. Using a charmingly jaded humor, Leary pokes fun at the American Dream with this song.

Leary is a comedic master at delivering over the top ranting reverse sarcastic humor that seems offensive and mean, but often comes with a positive and hopeful message, sometimes.

The video opens with a vain display of self absorption.  Several table top US flags lay next to silicone chest augmentations.

Here Dennis parodies a scene from the film Patton 1970, about what he thinks America should do to get itself back in a proper patriotic posture.  However the priest thinks General Leary is  going too negative and falling off the deep end.


Dennis Leary makes good upon his word by exercising his freedom by wiping his mouth, or maybe his nose, with the American flag.  Notice that there are several half eaten cheeseburgers in the windshield, presumably from McDonald's that were apparently packaged in the old fashioned non-biodegradable Styrofoam containers.

Flags in Voices of Babylon video - 1989 The Outfield

In the video for the Voices of Babylon by the Outfield - 1989 semaphore flags manifest in artistic cinematic overlays.  In one part, a gas masked director wielding what looks like a deuce of semaphoric flags as seems to direct winged troops, slaves, or perhaps unconscious sleeping workers.


As the song invokes the spirit of Babylon, an ancient solid echo of what looks like a master commanding a servant is speaking with some kind of vexilloid or flag upon a primitive engraving.

The song speaks of political and historical ties, yet the prose - lyrical dissonant - as in this post - is highly non-conventional and superfluously encoded to a feeling, and little to natural direct common meaning. Making it almost nil to logically impossible to perceive normal prosaic intention.

Flags in the Lost Boys 1987

  A few flags appear in the ultimate 1980s teenage vampire movie The Lost Boys 1987.  Made in the heart of the 80s before the 1990s and far enough from the 1970s it is a flashback for the last generation to grow up before the internet.





Californian's are extra proud of their state flag and it's easy to spot in many a movie based in California.  It appears at the seaside amusement park of Santa Clara next to the American Flag at the top of the roller coaster.
 

Sales pennants appear in the introductory montage  sequence at the Fun Food Shack.  As the lights sparkle at night, pennant flag garland are the days natural balance.  Here the California and US flag are visible at the tippy top of the roller coaster.  A coming of age movie, peer pressure say no to drugs kind of movie.


Perhaps one of the best introductory sequences of the 1980s that introduced the younger half of Generation X to the Doors, in more ways than one.