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The 2006 film “The Garage,” is a coming of age film about a young mechanic working in his father’s small town garage and his dreams of escaping what he considers his nowhere existance. The film, set in 1970, has a lot of personal symbolism for director/writer Carl Thibault. For example, the family photos that adorn the walls in the opening scenes are personal family pictures with the last being that of lead character, Carl, as an adult. The photo is that of Thibault’s father taken in front of the actual garage portrayed in the film circa 1977.
There is also a truck raised on jacks in the photo which is a truck that Carl Thibault and his brother were almost killed in when they hit a telephone pole late one night.
More personal symbolism continues with the character of Schultz, a nickname for one of Thibault’s real childhood friends, as well as an actual photo of the three boys portrayed in the film taken in the 1970s. Based on Thibault’s personal memories working at his father’s garage (B & B Transmissions) this is a very personal film made all the better knowing of the rich symbolism hidden throughout the film.