Visual Symbolism In 1977’s Saturday Night Fever

1. The immaculate christ-like figure at supper

2. Al Pacino father/messiah figure

3. Woman as the mother/temptress (“good girl” or “cunt” movie dilemma) and her sex as the entrance to the sinful and divine.

4. Stripper as both accessibility and inaccessibility of sex

5. Tony Manero as the centerstage god figure

6. The life of celibacy as the dead of man

7. The manhattan bridge as the separation of classes and a symbol of hope and aspiration

8. Sex as the driving force of man

9. The bandaged Tony Manero as the wounded and resurrected hero

10. The train as the umbilical cord and womb of isolation

11. Dawn as the beginning

12. Handholding as hope and the opportunity for friendship, reconciliation, and healing.