Was Michael the protagonist of the movie within the movie of Thriller?
In Michael Jackson's Thriller, the video starts with Michael and his date on a walk. He's affected by the full moon and turns into a hideous man wolf, attacking his date. Cut to Michael and his date sitting in a theater watching the previous scene. Ergo, we are told that the werewolf scene is a movie and never happened. The movie theater marquee says "Vincent Price" and "Thriller". As such, we are watching a film where the main characters are watching a film.
My question is, was the first scene a projection? Are we to believe that Michael and his date are projecting themselves onto the actors of the film, imagining themselves as part of the action? Or were Michael and his date the actual actors in the film? Surely actors will watch their own films, even in their private lives outside of major film first screenings. Many actors have no idea how their scenes came out or the full plot until after the film comes out.
If not Michael, was Vincent the main protagonist in the film, or the director? Vincent himself was a major movie star, and often acted in supernatural horror films.
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I have always assumed they were projecting themselves into the action onscreen. Vincent Price would not have been a teenager in a car, so he may have been the star, but not that character. He would have "played" a werewolf hunter or such. This is a common and enduring trope, characters imagining themselves in a movie. The zombie dance could have been "real". Perhaps the girl fainted in the graveyard and when she came to, Michael (who was actually evil) convinced her it was a dream.
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What monster was Michael Jackson in Thriller?
He warns her that he is "not like other guys", transforms into a werewolf and attacks her. In the present, Michael and his girlfriend are watching the werewolf film in a theater. She leaves, scared by the film. In the street, Michael teases her by performing the verses of "Thriller".What did Michael Jackson turn into in Thriller?
In the first scene, he transforms into what most people typically assume is a werewolf. This makes sense, given that he's shown reacting to the full moon right before he changes. In fact, Jackson's transformation isn't into a werewolf, but into a were-cat.Who is the narrator in the song Thriller?
Michael Jackson: Thriller (Music Video 1983) - Vincent Price as Narrator - IMDb.How old was Michael Jackson when Thriller came out?
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" remains best-selling album of all time. Nov. 30, 2012— -- intro: Thirty years ago today, at the age of 24, Michael Jackson set out to become the King of Pop with the release of "Thriller." It became -- and still remains -- the best-selling album of all time.Michael Jackson - Thriller (Official Video)
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The video starts with Jackson turning into a WereCat (as opposed to a more familiar WereWolf). Jackson's girlfriend becomes scared and gets up and leaves the theater. Jackson hands off his popcorn to another moviegoer. At this point, a few things are debatable:
It's likely that if Jackson's girlfriend was actually the actress, she wouldn't be as scared because she'd have understood the filmmaking process
It's likely that Jackson wasn't in the movie because no one even gave him a second look when he got up to follow her out, not even the guy he handed the popcorn to.
On their walk home, Jackson turns into a zombie, not a werecat. This is a new event, most likely dreamed up by the sleeping girlfriend who may have perceived him to be that way in her dream.
At the end, after they leave the house, Jackson is again a werecat (as seen by his eyes). This was most likely done to create some type of ambiguity as to what was real and what was fiction in the preceding events.
So, with that all in mind, I'd say the opening was most likely a projection of Jackson and his girlfriend imagining themselves in the movie.
Answer 3
Since the bulk of the movie was a dream, I'm uncertain. If anyone was the protagonist, I'd say that the girl was. Also, we know where her dream ended, yet Michael's eyes glow at the end. I find that sinister and question if it all really was a dream, or at what point she started dreaming. I don't think we'll ever really know.
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