My favourite image is from the film 'The Hitcher' (1986). This is my favourite image because I like the subtle way that the antagonist John Ryder (Rutger Hauer) is threatening Jim with a somewhat strange gesture.
The saying 'Coins on the eyes' comes from ancient Greece where they would bury their dead with a coin on each eye so they could pay the boatman to cross the river styx to get to the afterlife. So when Ryder places these coins on Jim's eyes he is saying that he is doomed. This scene takes place straight after Jim thinks he has the upper-hand on John and holds a gun at him. We find out the gun has no ammunition and Jim is completely deflated by this and is almost ready to give up. This is shown through this picture since he has a completely lifeless facial expression and has his head tilted back, almost as if he'd passed away.
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