Thursday, August 29, 2013
Disillusioned: The House is Black
Both the film and the poems present the struggle of disillusionment to the audience. In the film, the lepers are seen often in prayer but there is a consistent overtone that no deity is watching from on high. The audience is then actually made gods because they see everything that these people do throughout the day. And since they now know these people so intimately it becomes their duty to care for them. This alters the audience's perception of themselves and their responsibility .In one of her poems she stares into a mirror, unable to discern who it is who stares back. Like the lepers, like the audience- she does not know.
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Laura, I never saw it from that perspective before. We do seem to take the place of God when it comes to rescuing them from their nightmare. We see what is happening to them and the audience should feel responsible or compelled to help. What a great thing to notice!
ReplyDeleteThis was one of the most interesting and shorter responses, its short but to the point, which is great. You were able to show a perspective that wasn't gone over in class, so for that great job. The ideas that we are "god" watching these lepers is an interesting idea, because then in a way they were able to create a film that breaks the fourth wall without even informing the audience that it was doing it. Very interesting look at this film, and it does change my former perspective on House is Black.
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