<![CDATA[At the beginning of the movie, Stanley's going through the building, unscrewing one bulb in each light fixture. Is ther]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Mixed Nuts

mythicfox — 19 years ago(March 23, 2007 12:35 PM)

At the beginning of the movie, Stanley's going through the building, unscrewing one bulb in each light fixture. Is there any particular reason he's doing this? Is it a Christmas thing? Something having to do with all of the eviction notices he's giving out?
Or is it some weird hold-over from the original French version (which I haven't seen) that's better explained there?

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I agreehe was trying to save money on electricity. The fact that it annoyed the tenants was just a bonus.

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remember he's a pycho[sic]
GDuh! He's the "
Seaside Strangler
"!

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I don't think he's stingy, he's just doing it to annoy people (remember he's a pycho "They must drink glass.")

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He is not removing the bulbs, just untwisting them so they go off. It's a way to save money on electricity. He's a cheap bastard.

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Same thought here, and actually in keeping with his scrooge like character.

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I never got this 100% either, but I figured that Stanley was just trying to be stingy and save on lightbulbs! He figured it didn't matter if his tenants' halls weren't brightly lit.

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