There was a time not so long ago, when pigs were afforded no respect except by other pigs.They lived their whole lives in a cruel and sunless world.In those days, pigs believed that the sooner they grew large and fat, the sooner they""d be taken into pig paradise.It mixed many sources in its eclectic delivery: Biblical Old Testament references (e.g., The Tower of Babel, Moloch), the skyline of Manhattan (inspired by Lang""s 1924 visit), H.G.Wells"" 1895 novelThe Time Machine, Art Deco designs of the 1920s, the angular sets, labyrinthine passages, and bold lighting ofThe Cabinet of Dr.At one point, a grenade explodes in front of a charging French soldier who is approaching some barbed wire and obliterates him.He saw Michael standing immobile in the kitchen, and as he prepared his gun, Loomis asked:"Why now? You waited ten years.Leading a fairly lonely and rather dull, austere life, and soon becoming aloof, his existence at Brookfield is distant and he is only cooly respected by others.