Dafoe’s character encounters a doe in the woods giving birth to a stillborn fawn, symbolizing a broken maternal instinct and nature's inherent cruelty.
: The film is not meant as entertainment. It’s a brutalist poem about the impossibility of healing.
: A body double was famously used for Willem Dafoe in sex scenes because the director felt Dafoe's own anatomy would be "too distracting" for the audience. Reception and Controversy