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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.

175 Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)

- The company logo appears frequently, each time representing a path to
destruction: the path leading up to the factory, the product that the
company makes (a rectal probe), the bolt of lightning which sinks the ship,
the path up the side of the mountain, the lava flow down the side of the
volcano, the crack in Joe's apartment, and a constellation.
- The lamp that Joe brings into his office displays tropical images, including
a volcano.
- Joseph Banks was the name of Captain Cook's chief botanist on his expeditions
to the south pacific in the 18th century.
- The books that Joe shows to Mr. Waturi describe the plot of the film:
``Romeo and Juliette'', ``Robinson Crusoe'', and ``The Odyssey''.
- When Joe and DeDe leave the restuarant, there is a billboard on the left
with a picture of an erupting volcano and the words ``Fire in Paradise''.
- There are at least three references to losing one's soul:
- Joe responds to DeDe's question in the factory while inspecting his
damaged shoe
- Patricia's reference to being soul sick the first night on the yacht
- several lines involving the Waponi's Tobi Chief such as when Joe states
that he hopes the chief will not lose his Tobi (soul).
- The mask worn by the Waponi who is representing the evil spirit resembles
the factory where Joe used to work.

 

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