Film/Filmmaker Compare and Contrast with reference to 4 different Movies

Film/Filmmaker Compare and Contrast with reference to 4 different Movies

Introduction

Different movies have a different conceptual background and the movie directors work with their heart and soul to bring the movie to life. In the class we have the opportunity to analyze different movies and understand them with reference to the central idea on which their plot is based.

Distinct styles of production are followed in movies and every movie requires an entirely unique and new point of view to understand completely. In order to better understand about the filmmaker's style of production and conceptualization; an in depth discussion and comparative analysis of these movies is required.

Comparison of Movies from the Class

The Man without a Past by Aki Kaurismaki

The Man without a Past is one of the most effective and curious movies a person could ever watch. The reason behind this is that the movie travels from one plot to another with such a fluent story movement. Briefly describing the movie's background and its story, the movie revolves around the recognition of self by a man badly beaten up.

Markku Peltola is the main character who is declared dead when he is beaten up and delivered to the hospital. However, it is later found out that he is actually alive but he has lost his memory due to amnesia from shock. He is taken in by a family and starts to live his life with a mother and her two sons.

As the movie progresses, Markku finds himself at many different points where he is required to make some decisions and select how his life would turn up to be. He gets involved in a bank robbery and when arrested the police are unable to identify him. They finally publish his picture for recognition and his wife finds out about him and contacts him.

Personal Overview

In my own view, the movie teaches a lot about the role that the past plays in the lives of people. The filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki has done an excellent work when it comes to expressing the core and the central idea behind the movie.

Every day can be a new starting for everyone. The only question is that how many people actually look at it that way. After finishing the movie, I actually took a moment to analyze how my life had been and thought about the different decisions that I could have made. In some cases, living without the past is actually a treasure for some people.

In the Mood for Love by Kar Wai Wong

In comparison to Aki Kaurismaki's The Man without a Past, Kar Wai Wong's In the Mood for Love is an entirely different piece of work. The movie works on the display of the development of feelings between people. In a nutshell, two couples live nearby with their spouses regularly out of town or home.

The style adopted by Kar Wai Wong with reference to the movie's direction is entirely unique as with the passage of the movie, these two ...