A Death Every Six and a Half Minutes
William Faulkner’s, A Rose for Emily, is the perfect short story to be relayed into the film media. In written form, the story is asking to be loaded with gothic literary devices which can only be fully used and appreciated on screen. From the first moments the audience is drawn into the dark, twisted tale, and once Emily and her father are introduced it is clear this story isn’t going to have a neat and tidy happy ending. The producers were brilliant with their use of sound, color, and transitions in this film — creating a story that is jarringly disjointed feeling, but still easy to follow.
This disjointedness causes an unease in readers, which is only amplified by watching the film (Ard). For example,
William Faulkner’s, A Rose for Emily, is the perfect short story to be relayed into the film media. In written form, the story is asking to be loaded with gothic literary devices which can only be fully used and appreciated on screen. From the first moments the audience is drawn into the dark, twisted tale, and once Emily and her father are introduced it is clear this story isn’t going to have a neat and tidy happy ending. The producers were brilliant with their use of sound, color, and transitions in this film — creating a story that is jarringly disjointed feeling, but still easy to follow.
This disjointedness causes an unease in readers, which is only amplified by watching the film (Ard). For example,