Natural Born Killers (1994)

There are numerous shots of a variety of animals throughout the film. Some appear in the normal context of the story and others appear randomly, in an abstract, hallucinogenic chaos. There are shots of snakes crawling, a falcon flying, rabbits walking, a rodent, butterflies and assorted insects in the background, horses running with and without riders, and horses in a corral being saddled. There’s a quick close-up of a scorpion being run over by a car. Another shot shows dead deer strapped on the roof of a car. Other shots depicting dead or dying animals include a dead horse, an insect eating another insect and a pack of canines tearing at an animal carcass. There is a quick, dimly lit shot of a horse walking among rattlesnakes. It’s hard to determine whether or not the horse treads on any snakes. The TV set is on, as the principals share sexual encounter in front of their young, bound and gagged female hostage while they are shacked up in a seedy motel. Among the hodge podge of non sequitur shots on the TV screen are two lions mating, two insects mating, a dog, zebras, a deer, a rat, hippos and birds in the wilds. In a scene where police are patrolling on horseback, Mickey pulls one off his horse, jumps on and rides away. He is then pursued and shot at. In a scene where or heroes take hallucinogenic mushrooms on an Indian’s ranch, there are establishing shots of a rattlesnakes, a dog, horses and a herd of sheep. Inside his one-room, dirt floor home, the Indian picks up the rattlesnake, holds it, walks with it to Mallory and releases it on the floor. After the drugs kick in, Micky murders his Indian host while having psychedelic visions, amid random shots of dogs and coyotes. After this, he and Mallory venture out into the night and are bitten by rattlesnakes. This is shown by close ups of snakes biting their boots.