Tuesday, April 1, 2008

A slight revelation

Upon my recent rewatching of Amelie I realized that it is the reverse of a minimalist film. In pickpocket or l'enfant everything is so passive and and emotionless until the climax when all the passion pours out. Amelie is in your face constantly until the climax when all the overtly emotional music and cinematography dissapears and Amelie gets her make out on with no flash a all. It still functions the same way though, the films condition you to a particular style and then supplant them in the emotional climax throwing you for an emotional whirl.

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