Millies Film Blog

 Initial response  Do you find the ending of the film to be satisfying resolution ?  Why ? I found it different and I liked the fact that it wasn't properly resolved, how ever I think the end went on for too long How were you expecting the film to end ?   I wasn't sure but I thought it would end with Anton Chigurh dying or being defeated Why do you feel the Coen Brothers decided to have their main protagonist killed offscreen , and then avoid a final climax between Sheriff Bell and Chigurh ?  Consider the effect on the audience in terms of expectations of genre and narrative,  and the  themes of  law and order v criminality , good v evil , heroism etc. To confuse the audience and make them think about whether good vs evil narratives are always as satisfying, Killing Llewlyn off screen showed that he wasn't really a 'hero' and having Sheriff bell retire before catching Chigurh mace the audience think about who they align with

  How David Lynch uses film techniques to portray ordinary life as nightmarish? The Grandmother is a short film about a boy escaping his abusive father. The film opens with abstract scenery of the boy being born, Lynch uses sounds to show the Fathers behaviour when the boy is born, the fathers violence is shown through animal noises and abusive imagery. His parents bark abuse at him and push his face in urine when he wets the bed. so the boy grows and grandmother from a seed. Lynch creates a surreal unique world using pastel colours to make things look sickly and slightly uncomfortable. Lynch uses animation to simplify reproduction and birth seem simple and mechanic, The animation is mainly black and white with slight bits of red. This creates unearthly, disturbing connotations to the audience. When the boy gets his head pushed into his urine, Lynch uses the red to highlight the abuse, the red also makes the red white, sickly colours stand out more and makes the world appear more s...