on Welcome to the part two of Section B. What I had to do was make a concept map for the ten themes in the movie. We had to evidence and examples we found throughout the film. They also all had to connect in one way or another. There’s a hyper link to get the full image at the bottom of the page.
on For Section B I actually did two projects and this is only the first half. For this part, we had to come up with four songs that matched the same tone of the movie. In terms of the lyrics and overall message. Here’s mine:
I.) “Strawberry Fields Forever” – The Beatles
Having it already in the actual movie was a good choice. The song is supposed to make people feel very enlightened and happy, and it would make sense to have that song playing when Sam and Lucy are together. It also goes well with Sam’s obsession with the Beatles, since the Beatles were probably a revelation for Sam.
II.) “Elderly Woman Behind a Counter in a Small Town” – Pearl jam
This song wasn’t in the movie, but ironically one of their other songs was. The song is about an elderly woman that has trouble remembering things. And then one day when she’s working and she sees a man that she had recognized for the first time in years, but is too embarrassed to say anything. And opportunity is taken away from her. I think this song would fit perfectly when Sam is finally reunited with Lucy after the struggle of just getting to see her. Or possibly when he misses an opportunity to get her back but realizes that she needs better care.
III.) “Somebody to Love” – Queen
The song has a lot of lyrics that relate to this movie. “I work hard, every day of my life”. “Can anybody find me, Somebody to love”. These lines could relate to how Sam is constantly fighting for his Daughter. And Sam loves his daughter more then everything and it was probably what he was missing before when he was alone. Thus he needed somebody to love.
IV.) “Tiny Dancer” – Elton John
The song has a light delicacy and some what tragic theme. Almost as an end result to what we can interpret in the movie. Lines like “Hold me closer” show that there’s some gradual distance between who Elton john was talking about. With the theme of distance in the song, it can almost be interrupted through Sam’s vision. Sam has distance from a lot of people. He lives alone. His father abandoned him. The only stable friend Sam has is the lady that lives in the apartment next to him.
on For the first part of this project we were told to choose two Charcters of our choice and explore their fears from our perspective based on our observations from the movie. We could go as in depth as we wanted as long as we were clear. And here’s mine:
Sam’s fear
I believe that Sam has an irrational fear of being alone. It doesn’t display this fear clearly in the film, but rather subtly. It brings up moments of Sam’s past like, how his father abandoned him or his concern for both Lucy and Rita. Also events from the movie plus the overall arching theme. It’s hard to be so different from everybody and it can be really isolating
Lucy’s fear
I believe Lucy fears of Sam’s life. As she got older, she was starting to realize that Sam was much different then everyone else. She didn’t want to embarrass him because he was a full grown man. She might have wondered what would have happened to him if she wasn’t born. I also think it works the same way around in terms of Sam’s fear of losing Lucy. Telling from Sam’s state, he didn’t grow up in the best of conditions and he would probably want to provide something that he never got the opportunity for, like college or a well paying job.
on I think the movie was very powerful and emotional, hidden with a bunch of symbolic messages. The way the camera is proceeded seems although its told from his perspective. He can see differently then everyone else does. Sam is treated poorly by just about everyone he meets. including his own daughter. This girl means more to him then his own life. When he finds out his daughter told everyone that she was adopted, Sam is genuinely crushed. He wants to give her the life he never had and will do anything get keep her close. I especially loved how they chose to have The Beatles as Sam’s obsession. It obviously reminds him of a time when he didn’t have to worry about the riggers of the real world. So he likes to compare real life scenarios to The Beatles to help him remember things. I felt as though I am Sam couldn’t of used the extra disabled people though. I think if you took that out of the equation it would have added to Sam’s helpless’s and maybe he could meet these people in the end. That way we get a much more satisfying ending where Sam gets a proper family and a variety of friends in his life. a few questions come to me at the end of this film. I understand the type of ending where you have to interpret it for yourself. But however, the whole film was leading up to the point where were about finally have Lucy back, and it takes away my good feeling. After the whole emotional roller coaster, we never get the outcome of Sam’s actions. I would have at least liked to have seen how Lucy’s life turned out. Did Lucy do well in school?, does Sam ever get a better job?. I just would have liked to have something with greater meaning. But other then that I give this movie a 10/10 