I’d like to take a moment to comment on the title. What is The Reflecting Skin? Why “reflecting”? Taken literally, the reflecting skin could represent the silver skin on the baby in the photo from Vietnam. However, I am doubting that small part of the movie would account for its name. There are other discussions that the reflecting skin represents the dichotomy between good and evil- and how our selves reflect one or the other. Or, perhaps this has to do with the black and white themes in the film. Dolphin blue is almost always in black. When she is found dead, she is wearing white. This scene actually reminded me of the finale in Cruel Intentions, where Ryan Phillippe is dressed in solid black, and Reese Witherspoonis in clad white. At any rate, I believe that it is definitely not clear as to why Ridley used this title.

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March 18, 2008 at 4:14 pm
James Flower
Actually, the title is referring to the baby. Think about how Cameron’s feelings towards his culpability in the bombings he participated in in the Pacific, and how when confronted with something that literally mirrors his face and his own guilt, he really can’t confront it (”It’s just a baby in a photo!”).