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I still favour the idea that Joseph Wright of Derby's 'Experiment on a bird in the airpump' offers such a rich potential for inter-textual play with the scene in Skyfall where Silva is in (short lived) captivity. It invites quite a lot of similarities: Silva being exhibited (as would rare artwork or exquisite jewelry be) in a glass cage. But not dying from lack of air, instead: proving wrong the 'experiment' of MI6 efforts to show that they are capable of capturing and keeping in captivity! Love that scene. Love the idea of a reverberating string between the two images. Have a look at the Silva-in-a-glass-bell-jar here: http://cdn1.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/silva-jame-bond-skyfall-5…