Film example essay topic

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Most critics say that postmodern films such as Drowning Mona are devoid of symbolism and deeper socioeconomic meaning. That this could not be further from the truth is demonstrated by the glistening repartee and subterranean post-cognitive symbols both hidden and over in the genius 1947 film by Pedro Almod " ovar, "Drowning Mona". Almod " ovar, born in France's difficult yet inspiring German occupation, shows his age and more than a little of his own personal baggage in the disorienting ly sequential nightmare seens of the protagonist, Jean-Luc Picard. Picard's natural inclination towards subversion and socio poetic license imbues all seens, but especially the credits, with his own tragic sense of life.

From the first credit to the last, Picard straightforward irony reveals itself to all but the most cynical of modern viewers. Many critics have said that films from the 40's are oblique and tend to obscure facts rather than show the troubled Spanish realism of Occupied France. I believe it would behoove them to watch what Almod " ovar does with the credits in "Drowning Mona". The landscape of Barcelona is projected outwards from Picard's psyche onto 1940's Paris, in a slow-witted conundrum that can only lead the viewer to a deeper understanding of what life was like at that time and the socioeconomic disparities between then and now. As they say, it was a different time. While the cinematographic techniques obviously owe a great deal to the influence of both Dal'i and Hitchcock (who comes later), the originality lies of "Drowning Mona" lies in how the credits scroll majestically one after the other like herds of wildebeests sweeping across the African horizon.

For me, there is little like it. For film, there is nothing like it.