Rick wrote:
I can buy into the darkening wardrobe notion on a purely technical level. It's just the sort of thing that costume designers and wardrobe people would think is very deep and helps to validate their existence. The sort of thing they'd run by the producer and director who would nod and say, "Sure, sounds good."
The rest of it, the "Saneman" sign and such, while interesting, I'd be much more likely to chalk up to happenstance. But what do I know?
Interesting post. I've read some stuff by Dillard before, trying to figure out where.
This is a similar concept used later by Hitchcock in Psycho when Mary's bra is white before she robs the money and black afterward.