“In 1952, (Alan) Turing was found guilty on three counts of ‘gross indecency contrary to Section II of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885’” (Irving). He chose hormonal therapy over going to jail. Shortly after that on June 7th, 1954 he allegedly committed suicide after biting out of an apple dipped in cyanide. Approximately half a century later, Alan Turing was given a royal pardon by the queen in 2013. Such was the life of Alan Turing. The downward spiral began in Alan’s life because being homosexual was illegal in the 1950’s.
The Imitation Game is a movie depicting Alan Turing’s life before, during and after the war. The movie describes the various events in Alan’s life that influenced his character. One such event, is a climactic scene …show more content…
Morten Tyldum, the director of The Imitation Game has also done this on several occasions throughout the movie. The scene where Turing admits to being homosexual is one such instance. This scene could have never happened because according to a combination of sources such as John Cairncross’ autobiography, in which he says that “The rigid separation of the different units made contact with other staff members almost impossible, so I never got to know anyone apart from my direct operational colleagues” (96). Furthermore, Andrew Hodges, whose book the movie in based on, in an interview stated that it is “ludicrous” to imagine that two people working separately at Bletchley would even have met. One can understand the reason Tyldum portrayed this scene in the movie as it reinstates the themes of homosexuality and secrecy. Additionally, it also develops many relationships and characters in the story, such as Alans relationship with Joan and …show more content…
At the beginning of the scene Joan comes to dance with Alan, but is stolen away for a dance by Hugh, which could be foreshadowing that Alan and Joan’s engagement may not last. As the scene continues Joan is seen happily dancing with Hugh, and the scene transitions into a close up of Alan’s face as is his expression changes from happiness to disappointment to sorrow in an almost robotic manner. The close-up shot is used to establish a sort of intimacy between the audience and Alan as they able to clearly see his feelings through his expressions. The feeling of happiness that Joan is enjoying herself and is happy about their marriage, followed by disappointment after realizing he can never love her in the way she wants him to, followed by sadness for the position he has put Joan in. The music reflects the mood of the scene shifting from up tempo and loud jazz music to a much softer version, which eventually transitions into John and Alan’s conversation. The robotic expression on Alan’s face reveals his social awkwardness, which is reestablished john asks Alan a question instead of him opening up about his
The Imitation Game is a movie depicting Alan Turing’s life before, during and after the war. The movie describes the various events in Alan’s life that influenced his character. One such event, is a climactic scene …show more content…
Morten Tyldum, the director of The Imitation Game has also done this on several occasions throughout the movie. The scene where Turing admits to being homosexual is one such instance. This scene could have never happened because according to a combination of sources such as John Cairncross’ autobiography, in which he says that “The rigid separation of the different units made contact with other staff members almost impossible, so I never got to know anyone apart from my direct operational colleagues” (96). Furthermore, Andrew Hodges, whose book the movie in based on, in an interview stated that it is “ludicrous” to imagine that two people working separately at Bletchley would even have met. One can understand the reason Tyldum portrayed this scene in the movie as it reinstates the themes of homosexuality and secrecy. Additionally, it also develops many relationships and characters in the story, such as Alans relationship with Joan and …show more content…
At the beginning of the scene Joan comes to dance with Alan, but is stolen away for a dance by Hugh, which could be foreshadowing that Alan and Joan’s engagement may not last. As the scene continues Joan is seen happily dancing with Hugh, and the scene transitions into a close up of Alan’s face as is his expression changes from happiness to disappointment to sorrow in an almost robotic manner. The close-up shot is used to establish a sort of intimacy between the audience and Alan as they able to clearly see his feelings through his expressions. The feeling of happiness that Joan is enjoying herself and is happy about their marriage, followed by disappointment after realizing he can never love her in the way she wants him to, followed by sadness for the position he has put Joan in. The music reflects the mood of the scene shifting from up tempo and loud jazz music to a much softer version, which eventually transitions into John and Alan’s conversation. The robotic expression on Alan’s face reveals his social awkwardness, which is reestablished john asks Alan a question instead of him opening up about his