Hey Alex I couldn't find out how to post a blog so i commented for mines. The one im about to comment is about "Love and Death" by Woody Allen
Love and Death a film released in 1975 directed by Woody Allen proposes lots of ideas both on the surface of the film but also underneath. The surface of film conveys a story of a humble cowardice pacifist by the name of Boris who is in love with his pseudo- intellectual cousin Sonja. As they share similar personality traits which draws each of them to one another Sonja has care for Boris but is much interested in his brother. While this concoction unravels through out the story, Boris is forced into the Russian army because Napoleon is invading . While Boris doges death through hilarious shenanigans he stumbles upon the title of war hero. He then marry s his cousin Sonja on the account of making a deal to marry if Boris survives a duel. As the couple exchange intellectual disputes in the growing relationship Sonja learns to cope and love Boris so she intends to start a family with him. The idea gets interrupted since Napoleon has come to invade again. In an attempt to handle the problem, Sonja proposes that Boris and her should assassinate Napoleon. While Boris suggests they flee he ends up being convinced to try assassinate Napoleon. They unsuccessfully tried to kill him which leads to Boris's death. The surface of this interesting film explains the story of Boris and his unfortunate satirical life. Underneath the surface of this film a different message is conveyed. Through symbolism to hidden meaning, many messages and ideas are shown through the subtly of the content. A common topic brought up in this film is death. Boris questions if there is a God and even jokes about how he wouldn't want to kill himself if there happens to be one. Suicide comes to play a role in Boris's life. As Boris dodges death on countless terms he actually met him and spoke with him twice. Once as a kid and again as an adult during his duel. When he was a child, he asked the a similar question of is there life after death. A hidden meaning that is blatant yet covered by the comedy is Boris's mannerism towards death in general. He embraces it by going down the road of trying to kill himself in the movie and playing suicide jokes almost the whole way through. Bori's character meets with death ever so calmly. He plays on the idea and even has intellectual debates about god and the reason of living with Sonja. No other character interacts with death like Boris does aswell. He recognized death as a kid and as an adult. Hes lived with death not to far by his whole life. The question of what comes next or if there is another life. Only through death one would find this knowledge, or find nothing at all. The stability of not knowing whats next keeps Boris living until his fate is basically determined. This shows that if you look deeper within the content and pass the general surface message you get a much more dense idea involving the characters. In “Love and Death” the embracement of death was one of the undertone messages thats presented indirectly but mentioned and hinted at constantly throughout the film.
Thanks man from Winston Dunlop who is "Debris of Titan"
Hey Alex I couldn't find out how to post a blog so i commented for mines. The one im about to comment is about "Love and Death" by Woody Allen
ReplyDeleteLove and Death a film released in 1975 directed by Woody Allen proposes lots of ideas both on the surface of the film but also underneath. The surface of film conveys a story of a humble cowardice pacifist by the name of Boris who is in love with his pseudo- intellectual cousin Sonja. As they share similar personality traits which draws each of them to one another Sonja has care for Boris but is much interested in his brother. While this concoction unravels through out the story, Boris is forced into the Russian army because Napoleon is invading . While Boris doges death through hilarious shenanigans he stumbles upon the title of war hero. He then marry s his cousin Sonja on the account of making a deal to marry if Boris survives a duel. As the couple exchange intellectual disputes in the growing relationship Sonja learns to cope and love Boris so she intends to start a family with him. The idea gets interrupted since Napoleon has come to invade again. In an attempt to handle the problem, Sonja proposes that Boris and her should assassinate Napoleon. While Boris suggests they flee he ends up being convinced to try assassinate Napoleon. They unsuccessfully tried to kill him which leads to Boris's death. The surface of this interesting film explains the story of Boris and his unfortunate satirical life.
Underneath the surface of this film a different message is conveyed. Through symbolism to hidden meaning, many messages and ideas are shown through the subtly of the content. A common topic brought up in this film is death. Boris questions if there is a God and even jokes about how he wouldn't want to kill himself if there happens to be one. Suicide comes to play a role in Boris's life. As Boris dodges death on countless terms he actually met him and spoke with him twice. Once as a kid and again as an adult during his duel. When he was a child, he asked the a similar question of is there life after death. A hidden meaning that is blatant yet covered by the comedy is Boris's mannerism towards death in general. He embraces it by going down the road of trying to kill himself in the movie and playing suicide jokes almost the whole way through. Bori's character meets with death ever so calmly. He plays on the idea and even has intellectual debates about god and the reason of living with Sonja. No other character interacts with death like Boris does aswell. He recognized death as a kid and as an adult. Hes lived with death not to far by his whole life. The question of what comes next or if there is another life. Only through death one would find this knowledge, or find nothing at all. The stability of not knowing whats next keeps Boris living until his fate is basically determined. This shows that if you look deeper within the content and pass the general surface message you get a much more dense idea involving the characters. In “Love and Death” the embracement of death was one of the undertone messages thats presented indirectly but mentioned and hinted at constantly throughout the film.
Thanks man from Winston Dunlop who is "Debris of Titan"