Feb. Outside Post (Feb. 20th)

For the February post outside of class I attended the Theater screening of the movie "Persepolis." There were two aspects that struck me that I could relate to the readings and screenings we've seen in class. The first aspect was the use of silhouttes and darkened black images all throughout the film. Many times for some of the more violent scenes or just to show background characters with or without emphasis the object was an entirely black image/shadow. This reminded me of the use of lighting/shadow in "Lemon." Just like the shadow in "Lemon" the darkened images helped either add emphasis to the character in focus or was used to emphasize that particular image itself. One prime example I remember was the shadowed tanks as they rolled in during a battle scene for a war. The second aspect that struck me was the use of a musical within the film. It is a short scene but the main character has an "Eye of the Tiger" montage to which she sings the lyrics in english. This musical interlude is somewhat laughable and reminds me Althea Thauberger's works. This musical caught me by surprise just like the opera style singing in "A Memory Lasts Forever." The debatable question however, is "Was Thauberger's singing within the film supposed to be intentionally funny?" I don't think it was, while I believe the "Persepolis" montage was supposed to be intentionally humorous. Either way that break from the structure of the film reminded me of Thauberger's work.