Has Anyone Noticed the Use of Elephants During the Impromptu Circus Scene???

Rating: 9/10 (11 February 2007)

A brilliant film...and, oddly, one of the most romantic (that I can *recall*!!! ;~) that I can recall...oh, I think I wrote that, already. Deja vu all over again!
There are too many posts for me to examine here, but has anyone commented on the great, metaphorical & archetypical use of the elephants during the long Act II memory wipe-out portion of this wonderful film???
Apparently during filming, the crew just happened to come across the annual Barnum & Bailey Circus parade in NYC, and thought that an impromptu shooting during this unscripted spectacle might lend a good sort of trippiness to the non-linear memory/experience process.
Of course, as most folks know around the world, elephants, those lovable long-lived pachyderms, also are associated metaphorically as having extremely long memories..."Elephants never forget" is the common maxim. This belief has actually been studied & supported so:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1285532.stm
...so, kudos to Michel Gondry, et crew, for "Focus"ing on the elephants during this impromptu circus shoot. It would be interesting to find out if the editors realized this neat metaphorical convergence (elephants=memory), or if it was just just dumb-luck, realized post hoc by Yours Truly (&, I'm sure, at least a few others).