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Your path =Home>Uses of Beads>Beads as Metaphor> Movies Beads in the Movies Many beads are featured in movies, but even those that try to be historically accurate, The talisman in La Bamba is here.
On the other hand, the wampum in The Last of the Mohicans was used correctly, when Leather-Stockings (Daniel Day-Lewis) held it up as a symbol of an agreement over the ownership of land. In a neat dab of reality, Luchino Visconi's Death in Venice, shows a man peddling beads on the Lido. The Lido is one of 117 islands in the Lagoon of Venice, beadmaker to the world for senturies. A bead seller on the Lido is a nice local touch.
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