Cukrowicz: Nature is not created in the image of man""s compassion.Mrs.Venable: Nature is cruel! Sebastian knew it all along, was born knowing it, but not I.I said, ""No, no, those are only birds, turtles, not us."" I didn""t know then it was us.That we are all of us trapped by this devouring creation.I couldn""t, wouldn""t face the horror of the truth....Dr.Cukrowicz: Do you believe he saw God?Mrs.Venable: He saw the whole thing there that day on the beach.But I was like you.I said no.I refused to believe until suddenly, last summer, I learned my son was right.That what he had shown me in the Encantadas was the horrible, the inescapable truth.BackgroundSteamboat Bill, Jr.(1928) is the last of physical comedian Buster Keaton""s (the Great Stone Face) nine independent feature films and one of he last silent comedies.DeMille""s film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Sound Recording, Best Assistant Director, and Best Film Editing (a new category) - it won a single Oscar for Best Cinematography (Victor Milner).I""m going to give him every opportunity.To illustrate time passing, a row of dominoes - each marked with a year - are toppled over, from 1900 to 1912.He raised his taloned hand, ready to strike.The scene shifted away from the nightmare.The next scene was in the kitchen of the Walsh household, where a tomato was being sliced on a cutting board.Everyone turned to see the Vulture emerge from the white pickup truck and fly toward them with one of the alien weapons in his hands.