Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska chooses a horror musical tale with a kitsch look for her debut feature. “The Lure” was written by Robert Bolesto and stars Michalina Olszańska and Marta Mazurek as Golden and Silver, respectively, two siren sisters who come ashore with the promise of eating no one. Both actresses also perform in “Holga Hepnarova” whose NY premiere is scheduled for March 24th. The story, set in Warsaw in the 80s, takes us to a nightclub bathed in disco sound and populated by quirky creatures of the night. The boss (Zygmunt Malanowicz) is more than happy to introduce his new attraction called ‘Figs N’ Dates’: two smiley mermaids singing, stripping, and exhibiting their long fish tails while partially immersed in a tank filled …show more content…
The two sisters are different in nature. Golden is more adventurous, whimsical, and sly. Her soul is dark, just like her hair, especially when she feels lonely and craving for blood. She befriends with Triton (Marcin Kowalczyk), a reptilian creature and messenger of the sea (according to Greek mythology), here disguised of punk music rocker. Less aggressive, Silver dreams of becoming human, especially after falling for Mietek (Jakub Gierszal), the nightclub’s bass player. She’s willing to go into surgery and replace her monumental fish tail for a pair of legs and a vagina. However, there’s a myth saying that if she cut her tail off she will lose her voice. Also, if the man whom she falls in love with, marries another woman, she can be turned into sea foam. Relying on other crazy characters like the cabaret’s diabetic drummer (Andrzej Konopka) and singer Krysia (Kinga Preis), Smoczynska orchestrates everything in an entertaining way but with a few rhythmic displacements. The blood, reserved for a slightly gore finale, runs in small doses but it’s not really essential to make this fantasy
Blood is a symbol of sacrifice by John Grady for everything that he loves and cares about. He pays for the horses when he gets shot while retrieving his horse from the captain, when he is in prison and gets in a fight with the assassin then gets stabbed, he pays for his own survival, and when he covers Alejandra’s mouth and she bites down on his hand he is paying for her love. “He looked down at his leg. His trousers were dark with blood and there was blood on the ground. He felt numb and strange but he felt no pain.
Baz Luhrmann is smart in using young, attractive characters to make the adaptation more appealing to a more adolescent audience. Shakespeare would be proud of it. Through an explosion of colourful costumes, the audience is amazed at Luhrmann’s use of symbolic ensembles.
and 'Has someone been killed?' The audience will want these questions answered, so they will continue to watch. A little later, the audience sees that the 'dripping blood' is nothing more than sealing wax dripping onto a page. This surprises them because they did not expect it to be something as innocent as wax. This theme of blood is continued throughout film and represents a marker for the next victims of the Headless Horseman.
For this movie, Hermann crafts a score that builds suspense, adding to the adrenaline rush in the proper scenes with its frantic sounds. His work also enhances the humor, though, as it has a whimsical, bouncing quality to it in those scenes that works wonderfully. This is a very good score from Hermann, though not as memorable as some of his best work (i.e. “Psycho” – The Psycho. Though the movie works well as a thriller, it does drag some during its second act. The most interesting and suspenseful scenes are during the opening and closing scenes, with the middle lagging a bit.
Blood is also used to display the guilt in Lady Macbeth near the end of the play. Throughout the play, Lady Macbeth is the one who tries to keep Macbeth sane and to keep from breaking.
In a lot of ways, blood symbolizes a person’s bravery. For example, In Act I, after the battle, Duncan asks the wounded sergeant, "Wh...
William Shakespeare’s play, (if indeed he did write it) Macbeth is rife with killing, and is probably only second in bloodiness to his earlier play, Titus Andronicus. Not only is blood a key part of the plot for obvious reasons, it is also an example of imagery, representing several different symbols throughout the play. In the beginning, blood represents honor. Later, blood seems to show treachery. A the end of the play Shakespeare uses blood to show Macbeth’s guilt for all his evil and greedy acts.
The imagery of blood plays a hefty role in the tragic play Macbeth, as it
Enhancing the sustained fright of this film are an excellent cast, from which the director coaxes extraordinary performances, and Bernard Herrmann's chilling score. Especially effective is the composer's so-called "murder music," high-pitched screeching sounds that flash across the viewer's consciousness as quickly as the killer's deadly knife. Bernard Herrmann achieved this effect by having a group of violinists frantically saw the same notes over and over again.
In the title sequence the music starts of very quiet and slow and as the music speeds up it builds anxiety within the audience because they want to know what going to happen. It also builds a horrific tension within the audience; also it shows the camera from the shark’s point of view in the sea which is an effective way to build tension because the audience...
Also, the blood was used to represent good and evil. When good people were mentioned like Malcolm or Duncan, it was used for good, to show bravery and heroic deeds. When bad people were mentioned like Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, it was used for evil things like murder, and betrayal. It gave a good understanding of the character’s personality, and contributed to the richness and excitement of the play.
Taking a drive Into the Success Of Jaws Jaws, is a movie of a lifetime due to its effects in cinematic history with its unique remarks. “Sparked a cultural phenomenon, and took a huge bite out of the collective psyche visually compelling and augmented by an iconic musical score’’(Monster Success). The quote starts the movie with the sharks' first killing and nighttime, which “grabs us and never lets us go,”(Monster Success). Explaining to the readers and film lovers how and why Jaws is such a phenomenal film, it rightfully deserves the number 2 spot on the 50 most suspenseful films using cinematography, music, sound, and acting. A young woman is killed by a shark near Amity Island, New England.
The main characters are Anne Shirley, Marilla, Matthew, Diana, and Gilbert. Anne is an orphan who has a wild imagination and loves to talk. She has red hair and freckles She is adopted by Matthew and Marilla. Matthew is a shy, old man and is very kind. His sister is Marilla. Marilla is very protective of Anne. She loves her very much, but doesn’t want to tell her. Diana is a very pretty young girl who is Anne’s best friend. Gilbert is a boy whom all the girls like, except for Anne. He gets on her nerves all of the time.
Blood played a huge role in Shakespeare’s play and was more influential when characters thought of it or imagined it instead of actually seeing blood with their own
... music is played as a hypnotising music into the silence and beauty of the night. Similarly, these two scenes use the same style of cinematography in filming the unreality. Long shots and extreme long shots are commonly used allowing the audiences to get a big picture of the fantasy and get indulged in the imaginary world. The simplest yet appropriate costumes and make-up are applied to reflect the pure intentions insisted by the characters and their genuine expressions in their fantasy. Both of the films selected have different or similar filming techniques in depicting the characters’ fantasy world, but they consist of the same meaning of creating the fantasy diegesis: that is the portrayal of desire, happiness, innocence and pursuit of dream.