le corbeau tony williams
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Le Corbeau ~ Tony Williams
Nicolò Maganzini
Historical Setting
1943 - France
Nazi
Occupation _
1940 1944
«Zone Libre»
~ Vichy
Reception
~ Bad portrayal of French!
~ Bad portrayal of family, Church!
~ Fascist ideals!
Directors often…
Hid behind the formal beauty of
their mise-en-scene and the elegant construction of their screenplays as
if to draw a curtain between their
ideas and anyone in the audience who might be offended by those ideas.
~ E. Ehrlich
Life during
Nazi Occupation
New cinematic style:
proto-film noir
Noir + Hollywood + German Expressionism
Evoke atmosphere in France
Camera Movement:
06.53
Camera Movement:
02.50
Camera Movement:
45.00
48.25
Sound:
48.25
02.50
Themes/Metaphors:
Blackmail, spies, informants
Moral Relativism vs Moral Certitude
Swinging lightbulb, Globe
Critique of Femme Fatale
Looks Are Deceiving
Gestapo