I was watching the Gladiator scene a few moments ago that has the son killing his father Caesar in the tent. There is an ancestor's statue behind the son watching on. The statue is dressed in a way that makes it another presence in the room like another living person in the scene. It's interesting. I am not sure where I am going with this post exactly but that movie did well and this scene is a turning point and it being historical and all I thought about the fallacies in human power and corruption and feel it might be almost implying that our nature is the problem from generation to generation power corrupts. I wonder if the director did this or the Art department and what was he thinking? It would be interesting to know. Any thoughts?