Friday, May 29, 2015
Response to the film
The film didn't surprise me of how it cut some of the important scenes in the book to fit in a length of a movie. This lack of details made it hard for audience to realize the development/change of her identity and the clash between Western and Eastern culture. However, it did bring the words and pictures into live, enhanced our emotion and awareness of what's really happening. The most powerful scene I found was the story of uncle Anoosh and his death because I could really feel the pain: when he ran away from the Shah's soldiers or when he suffered in Russia alone. His face expression, the narrative voice, the sound of the wind and the music altogether gave me a strong sympathy. Although the sad scene when he last met his wife in prison was cut, the film didn't lose its emotional connection with its audience. It even pushed our feeling to the peak through the last farewell of Anoosh and Marjane when he was holding her and said: "Star of my life." Knowing that he was going to be executed tomorrow, he tried to tell Marjane not to be sad as when he's dead, he's coming to the star and they'd meet again. The book itself is adorable and good for reflection, but in an entertaining perspective, I'd prefer to watch and hear.
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I agree with you that the film enhanced our emotions and awareness of what is really happening. Being able to watch and hear the story unfold is a totally different experience from reading the novel. A lot of the scenes had a much bigger emotional impact on me when i saw them unfolding in real time rather than just reading the text and looking at stagnant pictures.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that cutting some scenes led the theme of the clash between cultures to be pushed to the sidelines. However, I think that it was a good idea for the film to cut out some scenes in order to focus on others. I definitely agree that overall I felt much more emotionally impacted by the movie compared to the book.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the film does add another dimension to Marjane's story. We got to see her personality where we weren't sure how she felt in the book. The film also did not concentrate on her rebellious side as well, which is what I feel is a big theme in the novel.
ReplyDeleteI too agree, the film left out quite a bit of the novel seeming more informative than attaching to Marjane's character.
ReplyDeleteWhat I did not like about the film was the transitions between the scenes, the 2 second blank screens killed a lot of emotional impacts for me. Other than that it was a good film.