auteur/genre/narrative Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
BIGELOW: auteur theory
A
- plays with genre
- transports audience to escapist situations
- obsessed with ‘alpha male’ and the damage this causes
- avoids sexualisation of females
- critical of authority figures and technology
- long, tracking shots that can travel anywhere in the scene
2
Q
COLLABERATION: writer
A
- mark boal was a journalist embedded with the middle east military
- claims all stories in the hurt locker are true from what he had seen
3
Q
GENRE: followed
A
- pro american view of war(e.g. demonisation of Iraqis through POV shots)
- mise-en-scene: weapons/desert camo uniforms
4
Q
GENRE: broken
A
- bomb disposal
- main character early death
- male PTSD
- circular ending
- unusual reading of american consumerism
5
Q
NARRATIVE: followed
A
- circular narrative (back to war)
- starts with equalibirum and disruption
- binary opposite between Iraq and USA
6
Q
NARRATIVE: broken
A
- string-of-pearls narrative (i.e. the film is a loose collection of mini stories, most with no closure)
- no clear hero and villian (James?)
- no closure: war/brutality is ongoing
