Breaking the Waves Movie Language Analysis

Tressa 2022-04-22 07:01:33

Photography: Most of the hand-held photography can easily arouse the audience's emotions, and at the same time echo Beth's fragile and sensitive heart; close-ups, Beth's head close-up is covered with the film, externalizing the inner world, and at the same time, it is easier to touch the audience , an extreme test of the actors' acting skills
: the monastery-style clothes of the town residents are contrasted with the clothes of Beth and her husband. It seems that only her husband's clothes are colored, and all the others are rigid black. Only Beth and her husband's hair, messy, with a kind of randomness, but also externalized the romantic temperament of the two, and compared with other town residents.
Edit: Jump to contrast with Beth's slightly neurotic personality Sound: There is very little soundtrack, but before the film begins, other people ask Beth
why she is married to a foreigner, and her answer is music, which needs to be thought about Small town for the background, highlighted isolated from the world. At the same time, the tone of the whole film is wet, and I haven't seen the sun, which also symbolizes the color of the depressing life atmosphere in the town : the main color of the film is black. The town is black and cyan, which contrasts with the slightly yellow tone of the offshore drilling platform. At the same time, the three men play in the bathhouse, and the freedom and happiness are also contrasted with the church teaching scene in the town. The director is ingenious (unexpectedly). , which makes sense): 1. Her husband was chatting with friends about work at the beach. Beth couldn’t bear her husband’s departure. She was angry on the iron frame and used an iron rod to vent. 2. When the plane took off, Beth’s depression and outbreak 3 . , I didn't even finish the roar at the beach , and when my husband came back after his death, it became a little soapy, and it was out of touch with the previous one. At the same time, Beth's devotion seemed a little awkward. . . .









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Breaking the Waves quotes

  • [first lines]

    Bess McNeill: His name is Jan.

    The Minister: I do not know him.

    Bess McNeill: [coyly] He's from the lake.

    The Minister: You know we do not favor matrimony with outsiders.

    An Elder: Can you even tell us what matrimony is?

    Bess McNeill: It's when two people are joined in God.

  • Jan Nyman: Love is a mighty power, isn't it?