第六个故事第一次根本没看懂,只觉得几个人要进的旅馆看上去气氛诡异,怕是几位旅客都要死在这个旅馆里了。二刷三刷,结合之前几位旅客在马车中的对话,才明白抬尸体的两人是死神派来的使者,片中有人称他们为“赏金猎人(bounty hunter)”,西方文化中也称这类使者为“灵魂的收割者(reaper of soul)”。
使者之一也描述了人死之前的种种表现,比如下面这一段与死神的讨价还价。
I must say... it's always interesting watching them after Clarence has worked his art. Watching them negotiate... the passage.
Passage?
From here to there. To the other side. Watching them try to make sense of it, as they pass to that other place. I do like looking into their eyes as they try to make sense of it.