Significance of the red elbow in American Sniper
There is a scene in American Sniper where an Iraqi bends down to pick something off the floor and in doing so his elbow was exposed. It was a bright red colour as if it had been burned.
From this, the hero determined that the Iraqi was an enemy insurgent. It recalls a scene from Inglorious Bastards where a careless gesture compromised a unit that was meant to be incognito. Somehow I missed the connection in American Sniper.
How did a burned elbow betray the insurgent's cover?
Best Answer
This is covered in the film's IMDb FAQ page:
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The mark (callus) suggests that he has been resting for long periods on his elbows, as though he had been using a sniper rifle, making Kyle suspect he is an insurgent.
Chris Kyle's own elbows looked like this as well.
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