CINE 386 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Consumerism, Cinematic Techniques, Rolex
Document Summary
3. 13. 17 lecture notes: diva (1981: director: jean-jacques beineix, side note: when doing analysis, you cannot separate the form (rhetoric) from the content. Diva: adapted from the crime novel diva by delacorta, tight budget so no major stars (cid:894)(cid:271)ut the di(cid:448)a"s pla(cid:455)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) fa(cid:373)ous sopra(cid:374)o wilhelmenia. Themes: postmodernism, surface spectacle (surface reflections film is aware of its own superfluous nature) 8(cid:1004)"s (cid:272)ool/(cid:272)hi(cid:272) atta(cid:272)h(cid:373)e(cid:374)t to (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)er o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts (cid:894)(cid:272)ars, (cid:449)at(cid:272)hes, (cid:862)(cid:449)a(cid:448)e (cid:373)a(cid:272)hi(cid:374)es,(cid:863) ar(cid:272)ade(cid:895) Identity and race: (cid:862)quee(cid:374) of afri(cid:272)a(cid:863)/ (cid:862)quee(cid:374) of the (cid:374)ight(cid:863, queen of africa = they run into an african vendor in the middle of the night v. diva (different social status) Jules and alba scene: refere(cid:374)(cid:272)e to a(cid:374)d(cid:455) warhols" (cid:272)ar (cid:272)rashes, bright colors. Jules and diva: reflective surfaces, african street vendor = caricature, red, yellow, green hat, has the (cid:862)(cid:373)agi(cid:272) (cid:271)ird(cid:863) = fits stereot(cid:455)pe, shot/countershot = statute/cynthia (living statute, u(cid:373)(cid:271)rella isolates her (cid:894)it"s (cid:374)ot e(cid:448)e(cid:374) raining)
