Emanuel Levy
Cinema 24/7
Feb 6, 2022
Allegory: A symbolic method in which stylized characters and situations represent ideas such as justice, death, society. (Giannetti and Eyman)
It was a popular genre in German cinema.
Films:
Billy Budd
The Birds
Boy with Green Hair, The
High Noon
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Lord of the Rings
The Piano
Seventh Seal, The
Swept Away
Woman in the Dunes
The Birds:
Allegory about sexual repression; the first attack prevents the couple from getting together.
Woman in the Dunes, by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Severe yet sensual movie about man and woman trapped in a sandpit
The ability to confine viewers in the filmmaker’s vision
Film Theory: Allegory
Feb 6, 2022
Allegory: A symbolic method in which stylized characters and situations represent ideas such as justice, death, society. (Giannetti and Eyman)
It was a popular genre in German cinema.
Films:
Billy Budd
The Birds
Boy with Green Hair, The
High Noon
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Lord of the Rings
The Piano
Seventh Seal, The
Swept Away
Woman in the Dunes
The Birds:
Allegory about sexual repression; the first attack prevents the couple from getting together.
Woman in the Dunes, by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Severe yet sensual movie about man and woman trapped in a sandpit
The ability to confine viewers in the filmmaker’s vision