- Directed by Joel Coen.
- 1996, USA.
The film starts with an almost empty, snow covered landscape with only brown road visible, which is similar to Hitchcock's "North by Northwest", because both of them symbolize emptiness and loneliness. The rest of the film also remains in winter. There are lots of shots with geometrical figures in them, like the one form birds eye where Jerry is going to his car which is in the middle of a snow covered field and there are trees surrounded by squares.
There are also several shots where you can see interior and exterior, for example, when the pregnant police officer is leaving her house, you can see her husband by the table and also a door with windows in it showing Marge getting in her car.
Mostly bald colours used, hardly any bright colour can be seen, except the red, which symbolizes death and blood that is going to be shed.
Brown colour on Jerry symbolizes his passiveness, it's not hard to see that he is easily bullied and gets no respect from others. His body language shows that he is weak, not comfortable with the questioning. He is wearing a suit all the time, but in the end the police catches him while he is wearing only pyjamas, meaning that he has lost everything.
There is a physical difference between the two kidnappers Gaear(the big guy) is cold and silent most of the time, while Carl is talkative and more of a human kind.
Quite a shocking film at first, but the humor that has been put in it makes it very enjoyable, loved the accents of the police officers. Overall, a good piece of film making because of the interesting shots, settings and characters, everything was well thought out, also a good usage of diegetic sounds mixed with non-diegetic.
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Good on use of clours, landscapes and physical characteristics. You convey your points well and refer closely to the film. A good link with 'North By Northwest'. I agree about how good the film is and that it's sound is interesting. Good analysis.
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