The documentation, through motion pictures, of Montreal over the decades, characterizes this city of owning a vibrant energy and engaging atmosphere. A common factor from these films portrays Montreal’s never ending construction and poor conditions due to the infrastructures. Nonetheless, many changes have been induced that could be seen as positive or negative consequences depending on one’s perspective. The architecture of the city has changed due to the hope of creating much suitable living areas and notably, its people and culture have changed as well through time. From the films seen in class, Montreal by Night from 1947, À St-Henri le Cinq Septembre from 1962 and La Mémoire des Anges from 2008, exhibits the modifying evolution of fashion,
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In all the films, it presents the casual wear that women and men used to wear. Casual wear today is much more relaxed than it was before. From these films, it can be seen that men wore a shirt and a suit ensemble while going out and through the entire day. For example, in Montreal by Night, men wore suits and women wore dresses to go to the carnival. Thus, it suggests that the majority of people who went out to explore the city looked polished and were privileged to live in better conditions. In contrast, prior to the new construction of the habitations de Jeanne-Mance exhibits the people of this town to wear rugged clothes as their houses had no electricity.
However, this style of dressing applies in À St-Henri le Cinq Septembre where the jobless man, from the family being filmed, wore a shirt and dress pants, even though he were to stay in the house. It suggests that this area had a much better living conditions to the ones of Jeanne Mance. However, today the casual wear is very much so different, which the people being interviewed in the Downtown Project illustrates this …show more content…
From the documentary entitled Montreal by Night, a particular scene portrays a large group of men taking part in a religious ritual. This scene is followed by showing the harbor and then it directs to the sailor’s church. From this, the narrator explains this gathering of sailors where the priest plays a role in the daily life of many (Montreal by Night). From this event, it can be seen that most of the sailors took part of this religious
In all the films, it presents the casual wear that women and men used to wear. Casual wear today is much more relaxed than it was before. From these films, it can be seen that men wore a shirt and a suit ensemble while going out and through the entire day. For example, in Montreal by Night, men wore suits and women wore dresses to go to the carnival. Thus, it suggests that the majority of people who went out to explore the city looked polished and were privileged to live in better conditions. In contrast, prior to the new construction of the habitations de Jeanne-Mance exhibits the people of this town to wear rugged clothes as their houses had no electricity.
However, this style of dressing applies in À St-Henri le Cinq Septembre where the jobless man, from the family being filmed, wore a shirt and dress pants, even though he were to stay in the house. It suggests that this area had a much better living conditions to the ones of Jeanne Mance. However, today the casual wear is very much so different, which the people being interviewed in the Downtown Project illustrates this …show more content…
From the documentary entitled Montreal by Night, a particular scene portrays a large group of men taking part in a religious ritual. This scene is followed by showing the harbor and then it directs to the sailor’s church. From this, the narrator explains this gathering of sailors where the priest plays a role in the daily life of many (Montreal by Night). From this event, it can be seen that most of the sailors took part of this religious