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I didn't like actually read these the first time at all.

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Is the “gun” in ‘Session 9’ the interview tapes?

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Are the two guns in ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ the jewelry he keeps (the ring)and the letters he writes and receives?

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I’m guessing the clock in ‘The Fog’ is the fog itself

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Okay: I think the clock in The Fog is the night itself, specifically the night of the centennial celebration. The gun in Session 9 is the lobotomy tool, called an orbitoclast. Maybe the clock in Harold & Maude is the overdose of sleeping pills she takes? And the two guns in Mr. Ripley are an oar, and rope?

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Answers:

1. The number of people who need to die for the town curse.

2. That lobotomy instrument?

3. I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never actually seen this film. Shame on me. I’m familiar with the plot, so I’d guess it could be Maude’s old age? I guess we’re expecting her die before Harold?

4. Hmm. Doesn’t he take a ring or something that belonged to Dickie. And the possibility that Tom will be exposed as a fraud could be the other gun? This one never really goes off since Tom gets away with everything.

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The clock in Harold and Maude is Maude planning to kill herself on her 80th birthday.

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For ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’, I’ll take a stab at Dickie’s rings and the character of Meredith, whose presence precipitates several actions throughout the story.

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I haven't seen most of these and the ones I have was many years ago 😞 Instead I read the plot synopsis's on Wikipedia and from that here's my stab in the dark

1. Is the clock in the fog the radio station/light house that is warning the town inhabitants of the fogs progress?

No its probably not. 😖

I didn't want to just google the clocks or guns tho, as to me that would be cheating.

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4. Is Freddie Miles a gun? He is the catalyst for a lot in Dickie and Tom's relationship which leads to very bad consequences.

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1) The lifting of the fog. Can they survive until it does?

3) Her age. We know she won't live forever.

Not seen the other two!

Just entering for fun. It would be very cheeky and unfair on others if I won a prize again!

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Here goes! Only saw two of these films:

1. The clock in The Fog is Adrienne Barbeau’s DJ character’s broadcasts.

4. The clock in Harold & Maude is Maude’s birthday.

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1) the ship, or rather, the parts and contents that float in our find their way to show.

2) I might have my guns and clocks mixed, but I think the tapes are the gun here.

3) Maude and her elevated age.

4) is it Ripley's girlfriend (Cate Blanchett) and Dickie's fathers money?

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I know in Harold and Maude the gun is her age. However, if they did not meet, I don’t think the gun would’ve ever triggered. She wouldn’t have committed suicide if it wasn’t for him. It was just potential energy he made kinetic.

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For Session 9, the gun is the lobotomy tool, not the tapes. The tapes would be the clock because you’re waiting to listen to all of them as the events occur. The pick, however, is the one object seen that strikes fear into one character. A small note but one that shows up later after so many other events happen, the audience writes the pick off as unimportant. Then, when least expected, we find it the weapon used at the end.

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