Iconic Shot
If it is not broken, don’t fix it.
Homework:
Pulp Fiction is not in chronological order. I think there are seven scenes
(there might be more). Write a sentence to describe each scene. Put the scenes
back in chronological order.
1.
When
Butch the boxer gets the watch – he is a boy still.
Do NOT email it to me. Put it on a hard copy.
He looks like Ringo, the drummer from The Beatles. He is
mocking him.
The genre is drama. It is also from literature picaresque.
This is when the protagonist (main actor or character) escapes by going on a
road trip. Usually, they did not plan to take the trip. Usually, they don’t
have much money. They have lots of adventures and learn something. Long trip is
called a journey.
Rain Man
Dustin Hoffman has autism. This is when you can do math and
remember almost everything, but are not good at dealing with society or
relationships. They don’t have sympathy.
Rain Man has a meaning in the movie that is explained. But
Rain Man is also a shaman (religious man from Indian culture).
Tom Cruise, the younger man, is very selfish and unkind. His
older brother is autistic.
Does his older brother help to heal him and make him a good
person.
Ambiguous: more than one meaning
Static character: a person who does NOT change in the story
and has the same personality at the end
Dynamic character: a person who does change
Tom Cruise’s character is dynamic. How and why?
Pay homage to: copy a famous scene from a famous movie to
show respect (and joke around)
Iconic picture: a picture everyone recognizes (important in
meaning)
What does it mean?
It’s the start of the journey.
Literally (truly) : picaresque; they will go to Los Angeles
Metaphor: the two characters’ personalities going to change
(journey)
America is also a very religious country, more than most
Western countries. The idea of road trip originally comes from The Bible. Paul
found enlightenment (meaning) on the road to Damascus in The Bible.
The doctor said he has his rituals (something he always must
do or have). Tapioca pudding.
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