Symbolism And Repetition In The Meshes Of The Afternoon

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The woman then walked into a house, sat down on a chair, and fall into sleep. Having a close-up of her eyes to show the imagination leads into the dream. At this point, it shows that the woman has already been tempted. In the second repeat, mirror weirdo shows up and takes the flowers on the ground, while the knife is falling down from the bread. This indicates that the desire of sex has been brought out. When the woman sees the mirror weirdo serve no purpose and pulled out the key from mouth, it means that she already starts self-reflecting and consciously asserting her right, which puts in a private place for safekeeping. In the third repetition, a mirror weirdo holds a flower directly into the house and walks up the stairs. The woman follows behind, but a mirror weirdo disappears and leaves the flower on the bedside. The woman’s expression is uncertain this time. In her subconscious mind, she starts distrusting what she had seen. In the last repetition, the …show more content…

Meshes of the Afternoon tried to deliver more visionary subjective objects to have audiences to think through the connection to figure out the narratives. In the Mood of Love gives more emotional objective elements to have the audiences to following to the sense naturally. Both films have particular shot view from a director's point of view with the camera technically reinforcement. A film is constructed of the sense of visual, hearing, linguistic and motional elements that are manipulated in numerous ways. To analyze a film is actually like reading a historical document that the own personal hunch and reaction to the film are usually serve as a starting point, however to convert all these impressions into analysis is necessary and would surely offer you a better sensation which is what all the film makers are hoping

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