Darker than Dark Notes Flashcards
(31 cards)
Aguirre Wrath of God Dir.
Werner Hertzog
Aguirre Wrath of God plot
Group of Spanish explorers into Peru to search for El Dorado
Aguire descent into _________
madness, like Heart of Darkness
Aguirre Production
Difficulty of production mirrored story
How was production of Aguirre difficult?
i.e. mountains weight of props, animals, rafts
Actor of Aguirre
Klaus Kinski - explosive actor both on/off camera.
Klaus Kinski dialogue
reduced amount
End of Aguirre
everyone dead but Aguirre, daughter dies in his arms, he plans to take trinidad and mexico w/ army of monkeys
The Mirror info
Loosely autobiographical, mostly personal
The Mirror themes
typical tarkovsky themes (Nostalgia, loss of innocence, regret, childhood, metaphysical fascinations, DREAMS)
The mirror plot
no discernable plot
The Mirror features
poems, written/read by tarkovsky’s dad
Tarkovsky theory of cinema
SCULPTING IN TIME
Sculpting in Time meaning
to take the experience of time and alter it
Blue Velvet by
David Lynch
blue velvet produced
independently with foreign $
Why did Lynch choose ear?
as entrance into body, doorway into dark mind
Neo Noir elements
Film Noir & Surrealism
Film Noir NOT a _____
genre, more of a mood/style particular to a dark themed story
Victims of Film Noir usually
Male
Film Noir & society
An indictment of American Society
Film Noir hero was the
antihero
Film Noir lighting
Low key lighting, lit to be edgier, LOTS of darkness
Film Noir camera
obscure, canted, unbalanced camera angles
