Costumes in "Jojo Rabbit"

Jasmin 2022-04-24 07:01:03

In many movies with World War II as the background, the characters' outfits are mainly dark tones, as if they were eager to visually stimulate the audience's emotions, so that the audience would immediately understand at a glance that there were Endless sadness and despair.

But in fact, the costumes of World War II were not all as dull, serious, and depressing as the war looked. On the contrary, because of the war, the lack of material and people's uncertainty about life have stimulated their pursuit of beautiful things, doing their best to make their life look less hopeless.

The film shows life during World War II from a child's point of view. There is a lot of color in the movie, both in the setting and in the costumes. The clothing of Jojo's mother Rosie is the highlight of this movie. Various styles of knitted sweaters, especially the red striped one. In the film, when Rosie said to Jojo that "we are grateful for being alive", what she wore was This piece is like an interpretation of life, we love life and grow enthusiastically.

Compared with Rosie's clothes, which are obviously brilliant, Jojo's clothes impress me even more. His dress is decorated with bright colors after various color matching, and the overall appearance is special and low-key. Dark green trousers with a brown pullover and an olive green plaid shirt underneath.

The plot pushed to Rosie's murder, Jojo's worldview was mercilessly impacted, and he began to realize that the world was not a beautiful place. At this time, his clothes were mainly dark tones, but the shirt collar in his coat was highly saturated. degree of color.

In the last set Qiaoqiao wore, the shirt mentioned earlier still appeared, with a woolen coat of the same color, light-colored jeans, and small leather shoes, which made people feel less depressed. The war was not completely over, but life There is some hope.

It can also be noted that the Jewish girl who lived in Jojo’s house was dressed in dark colors at first because she was evacuating. Later, when she pretended to be Jojo’s sister to avoid the arrest of the Nazis, her clothes were obvious. Change, a red floral skirt, a black knitted cardigan with flowers, a good girl image with good education and family care appeared.

Their attitude towards life can be seen from their clothes. No matter when Rosie is in a delicate dress, her whole outfit is always eye-catching. It seems to be out of the war era and exist independently. And precisely Rosie is such a woman. She likes dancing and loves life. She taught Jojo, who was hurt on her face, how to be brave. She told Jojo that going to the outside world is a wonderful adventure. So her dress will not be abrupt but elegant and full of charm.

Looking back at Jojo and Jewish girls, at the beginning, their dresses gave people a feeling of being one with the scene. Even with a unique personality, he still cannot escape the spiritual bondage of the world. In the end, the Nazis were defeated and people ushered in a new life. Jojo in olive green and a Jewish girl in a green woolen coat danced together in front of the door.

At this time, they seemed to see Rosie's shadow from their bodies, and only at this time was she the same as Rosie in terms of clothing and attitude towards life.

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Jojo Rabbit quotes

  • Yorki: There are bigger things to worry about than Jews, Jojo. There's Russians somewhere out there. They're worse than anyone. I heard they eat babies and have sex with dogs. I mean like that's bad, right?

    Jojo: Sex with dogs?

    Yorki: Yeah. The Englishmen do it too. We have to stop them before they eat us and screw all our dogs.

  • Captain Klenzendorf: Well, if it isn't Herr Handgrenade himself.

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