Pleasantville and To Kill a Mockingbird
Intertextuality is the reference to another text within another text and is a vital element of postmodernist films, which are films made a significant time before the present. We find a variety of examples within the film Pleasantville such as: links to visual art, literature, religion and Harper lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (a book written in the 1950’s set in the 1930’s) to express ideas of change and ways to deal with it. Pleasantville was a film made in 1998 and directed by American director, Gary Ross. It consists of brother and sister David (Tobey Magurie) and Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) becoming stuck in a 1950’s sitcom by a strange TV Repairman’s (Don Knotts) magical remote.
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We see change mainly being symbolised through the use of colour, giving the impression of sin, to which we see the non-coloured people wanting to eradicate from their ‘perfect world’. Pleasantville is likely to be the equivalence to the Garden of Eden, with Lover’s Lane holding Tree of Knowledge. Before Jennifer and David arrived, it’s clear that everything with the utopia-like world has a strong sense of order and perfection, though a substantial lack of passion. Lover’s Lane was only a place where young couples sat together and held hands, nothing more. However, when the two siblings arrive, Jennifer virtually takes the role of Satan. She introduces sexual intercourse to Skip, who then proceeds to inform his friends, then the whole of the young community. Betty Parker (Joan Allen) is the mother to Bud and Jennifer and the subjected …show more content…
Bill is trying to replicate the same painting himself, though with his own twist and technique. The painting itself was a major breakthrough during the French Renaissance, as it symbolised the time itself through the use of still objects. The apples and oranges in the painting are different, yet still fruits, and are placed in bowls or placed randomly around the table. Picasso’s Sleeping Woman Before Green Shutters again plays an important role in supporting Ross’s ideas of change in the film. In fact, it appears at a turning point of the film where Betty finally accepts her colour and gives an emotional impact on
Intertextuality is the reference to another text within another text and is a vital element of postmodernist films, which are films made a significant time before the present. We find a variety of examples within the film Pleasantville such as: links to visual art, literature, religion and Harper lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (a book written in the 1950’s set in the 1930’s) to express ideas of change and ways to deal with it. Pleasantville was a film made in 1998 and directed by American director, Gary Ross. It consists of brother and sister David (Tobey Magurie) and Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) becoming stuck in a 1950’s sitcom by a strange TV Repairman’s (Don Knotts) magical remote.
Through the use …show more content…
We see change mainly being symbolised through the use of colour, giving the impression of sin, to which we see the non-coloured people wanting to eradicate from their ‘perfect world’. Pleasantville is likely to be the equivalence to the Garden of Eden, with Lover’s Lane holding Tree of Knowledge. Before Jennifer and David arrived, it’s clear that everything with the utopia-like world has a strong sense of order and perfection, though a substantial lack of passion. Lover’s Lane was only a place where young couples sat together and held hands, nothing more. However, when the two siblings arrive, Jennifer virtually takes the role of Satan. She introduces sexual intercourse to Skip, who then proceeds to inform his friends, then the whole of the young community. Betty Parker (Joan Allen) is the mother to Bud and Jennifer and the subjected …show more content…
Bill is trying to replicate the same painting himself, though with his own twist and technique. The painting itself was a major breakthrough during the French Renaissance, as it symbolised the time itself through the use of still objects. The apples and oranges in the painting are different, yet still fruits, and are placed in bowls or placed randomly around the table. Picasso’s Sleeping Woman Before Green Shutters again plays an important role in supporting Ross’s ideas of change in the film. In fact, it appears at a turning point of the film where Betty finally accepts her colour and gives an emotional impact on