{"id":1729,"date":"2022-07-12T22:32:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T22:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextlevelpictures.com\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2022-07-12T22:32:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T22:32:37","slug":"oranges-in-movies-symbolism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelpictures.com\/guides\/oranges-in-movies-symbolism\/","title":{"rendered":"Oranges in Movies – Symbolism Directors Use (Not Just The Godfather)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The use of symbolism in movies is often construed for various reasons, either for foreshadowing or subconsciously planting a specific emotion into the audience’s mind. One of the most famously used symbolism is that of the orange fruit. Best known as the harbinger of doom in the classic Francis Ford Coppola crime epic “The Godfather.” Oranges in films have since become synonymous with tragedy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But why choose oranges specifically, though? One theory is that orange is used to critique capitalism. Historically, California was a thriving citrus industry, and fruits are often shown coinciding with advertisements for Los Angeles showing the City of Angels as a modern-day Garden of Eden. Or maybe it’s all just a coincidence or a happy accident, as they say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, the truth is that Coppola never intended for oranges to be the harbingers of doom in The Godfather; he only noticed the coincidence in a couple of scenes and decided to run with it for the trilogy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, oranges have become a staple in films and while generally associated with death and tragedy. Below are several other films featuring the nutritious citrus fruit in not so flattering limelight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Movies that Used the Symbolism of Oranges to Foreshadow Death<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. Children of Men (2006)<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n