Crime Wave Film Analysis

A) The element that stood out to me the most in Crime Wave by John Paizs was the contrast between the childish and innocent narration of the little girl, Kim, and the violence of the story she is telling. I also enjoyed the color of the film because it reminded me of Tom and Jerry especially, in the title parts with the red. The film itself is like a cartoon because of the storytelling style. There is a narration of the little girl and another narrator. The violence in the film is cartoon-like as well. For example, when the guy smashed his face into the pole or the floor. These violence reminded me of when Tom would always hurt himself. I feel like it is a little disturbing, but it was funny. I find it weird that so many people in my discussion group also thought that the violence in the film are funny. I think its because, there were so much of it and Kim seems so neutral about it, it became funny. Another part that really stood out to me and was memorable was the rhythm that John uses overtime the Kim gets out of her house and goes to see Steven. This fun and happy melody was repeated so many times and it seems so sarcastic, it was very memorable.

The two scenes I appreciate the most are the one that is repeated often when we are looking into Steven’s …show more content…
The juxtaposition is already weird. Kim is very talkative and Steven never talks and he is really awkward. We can see this from the costume party where nobody wants to talk to Steven and his only friends are Kim and this other quiet kid who turns out to be a grown man as well. I would be interested to see this film from Steven’s perspective. However, overall, the relationship between Kim and Steven is really cute. The ending of the film emphasizes the cuteness by having both Kim and Steven celebrate