Movies of the 80’s
Brazil, Terry Gilliam (1985)
In a state that is structured and bureaucratized from front to end, the government has developed completely nonsensical measures to find terrorists. One day, a shattered secretary accidentally confuses the surname of a terrorist named Tuttle, with the name of an innocent ordinary citizen named Buttle. As a result, the wrong man is arrested and executed while Tuttle is still at large. Sam Lowry, an absolute average citizen, is now to determined to find out how this error has occurred. At the same time, Jill Layton, a neighbor of the condemned Buttles, tries to report the mistakes to the authorities. But because of the of the bureaucracy, this endeavor becomes a tiring torture. At the same time, …show more content…
Whether a bright blue water in the pool, a diamond chain in the apartment or the background with the Credits, the film is always dominated by blue color, which is an interesting contrast between their actual meaning and the happenings in the film.
Blue velvet, David Lynch (1986)
The young Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) finds a cut off ear in a meadow. After he has handed over the body part to the police, he decides to pursue the matter himself. Sandy Williams (Hope Lange), the daughter of a police officer, takes him on the trail of the nightclub singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini), with whom he soon takes on a sado-masochistic relationship. Quickly Jeffrey realizes, that Dorothy was abused and blackmailed by a perverse (Dennis Hopper)
The movie looks for contradictions, and the contrast to the obvious. A contrast that Lynch seeks to explore visually as well as content. The green front gardens and colorful flowers of the opening sequence stand opposite the dark night. Danger lurks, for in the dark hours the dark souls come out of their holes to go hunting. Lynch finds exactly the right visual language to make this
Brazil, Terry Gilliam (1985)
In a state that is structured and bureaucratized from front to end, the government has developed completely nonsensical measures to find terrorists. One day, a shattered secretary accidentally confuses the surname of a terrorist named Tuttle, with the name of an innocent ordinary citizen named Buttle. As a result, the wrong man is arrested and executed while Tuttle is still at large. Sam Lowry, an absolute average citizen, is now to determined to find out how this error has occurred. At the same time, Jill Layton, a neighbor of the condemned Buttles, tries to report the mistakes to the authorities. But because of the of the bureaucracy, this endeavor becomes a tiring torture. At the same time, …show more content…
Whether a bright blue water in the pool, a diamond chain in the apartment or the background with the Credits, the film is always dominated by blue color, which is an interesting contrast between their actual meaning and the happenings in the film.
Blue velvet, David Lynch (1986)
The young Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) finds a cut off ear in a meadow. After he has handed over the body part to the police, he decides to pursue the matter himself. Sandy Williams (Hope Lange), the daughter of a police officer, takes him on the trail of the nightclub singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini), with whom he soon takes on a sado-masochistic relationship. Quickly Jeffrey realizes, that Dorothy was abused and blackmailed by a perverse (Dennis Hopper)
The movie looks for contradictions, and the contrast to the obvious. A contrast that Lynch seeks to explore visually as well as content. The green front gardens and colorful flowers of the opening sequence stand opposite the dark night. Danger lurks, for in the dark hours the dark souls come out of their holes to go hunting. Lynch finds exactly the right visual language to make this