Damian Szifron

I chose to watch an Argentinian film called Wild Tales by Damian Szifron because it was labeled as a comedy and a thriller. I’ve never seen a movie that fits the genre of both comedy and thriller because to me these are completely different genres. Thus, I wanted to see how this can be in both genre. I decided to not read the description of the film because I wanted the film to bring me into its world without having any prior interference. This really affected my reaction for the film. Since I didn’t read the description, I didn’t know that it is a mix of short stories and initially I was trying to connect the stores together. As a result, I was finding a pattern and suspected that every story will have death in it, since the first three did. …show more content…
However, after starting to think more about the composition, the stories and allusions, the implicit meaning I interpreted was revenge and animal behaviors within our human selves. The order of the stories successfully conveyed the theme to the audience. Szifron used the “Pasternak” story to bewilder the audience with its unanticipated storyline, followed by the credits with images of animals as the background. The juxtaposition of the plane story and the animals makes the audience think about why Szifron chose to put the animals in. After the all the short stories were shown, we can relate the inhumane actions provoked by anger and injustice with the wild actions like the actions of the animals. Hence the name of the film Wild …show more content…
“Las Ratas” really used camera focus and color to separate the scenes and character. The camera focus shifts between actors when they were discussing. It was also visually compelling when inside the kitchen was yellow and warm, while outside in the restaurant, the environment was dark and blue. The ending of “Pasternak” was visually effective because I was actually scared that the two elders would be hit by the train. This reminded me of the very first film where a train was film as it moves towards the audience and people actually ducked. In addition, my favorite shot was when the camera was attached to the door in “"Hasta que la muerte nos separe (Until Death Do Us Part)” because it was unique and dynamic. Music also made the film more compelling when the rhythm was in sync with the actions like in the car chase scene. Music also set the creepy tone that adds thrill to the film. “El más fuerte” used slow and low base music along with camera shots from behind and hidden camera shots, to foreshadow the horrific events. When there were no music, the silence doubled the intensity. The music also adds to the comedy part like when the two guys were fighting in the car and then the music turns very relaxing. It was a weird juxtaposition, but this emphasizes how killing is like an art of how animal hunts. Another part where I think