7-9.30 ETERNAL GARDENS One day, as he and his friends play games in the lush, private Eternal Gardens, TC“bestowed upon their sons the Eternal Gardens” Dialogue Card or Dialogue Intertitles of you ladies today shall have the – “Which honour of entertaining Master Freder, Joh Fredersen’s son?” Euphemism and word choice are of note Note the women are and objectified make up/rehearsal of movements ‘prepared’ – The however is playful and energetic until the real reason emerges se*ual – gratification note the body language and resistance of the girl? – Contrast with the lack of energy of workers. Peacock symbol Glory? Immortality? Vanity? – – Recalls the Gardens’ at the Palace of Versailles allusion to French ‘Pleasure – Revolution 9.30-13 ETERNAL GARDENS AND they are interrupted by a beautiful girl, accompanied by a group of workers’ children. They are quickly ejected, DC- These are your brothers.” A direct appeal to the viewer and an indirect “Look. appeal to the ‘Sons’ Accentuated by Close ups of Maria staring at Freder (and viewer) appealing to our – hearts [see the message quote] Freder his heart is it Romantic love? (and therefore adhering to the dominant – film culture of Romantic Cinema) or is he conscious and alive to his humanity? Note the slow pan and p-o-v shot of the Eternal Gardens as Freder absorbs his understanding of decadence and waste. He realises it is a misrepresentation of the central tenets of the gardens. Contrast the costuming of Maria with the girls of the gardens. ‘pure’ Iris use also represents Maria ‘good’ 13-17 MACHINE-HALLS/NETHER WORLDS/MOLOCH but Freder is transfixed by the girl–and decides to follow her down to the grim Lower City machine rooms. As he watches, a worker collapses at his station and an enormous machine (known as the M-Machine) violently explodes and kills dozens of workers. In the smoke, Freder has a vision of the M-machine as Moloch, the god of fire, gobbling up chained slaves offered in sacrifice. Music is frenzied to begin the scene It becomes rhythmic to accentuate that man is an integral part of the machinery Struggle of the man to keep up is highlighted by despair in facial expression pace of – machinery is incongruous to man’s capability.
7-9.30 ETERNAL GARDENS One day, as he and his friends play games in the lush, private Eternal Gardens, TC“bestowed upon their sons the Eternal Gardens” Dialogue Card or Dialogue Intertitles – “Which of you ladies today shall have the honour of entertaining Master Freder, Joh Fredersen’s son?” Euphemism and word choice are of note Note the women are ‘prepared’ and objectified – make up/rehearsal of movements The however is playful and energetic until the real reason emerges – se*ual gratification – note the body language and resistance of the girl? Contrast with the lack of energy of workers. Peacock – symbol – Glory? Immortality? Vanity? Recalls the ‘Pleasure Gardens’ at the Palace of Versailles – allusion to French Revolution 9.30-13 ETERNAL GARDENS AND they are interrupted by a beautiful girl, accompanied by a group of workers’ children. They are quickly ejected, DC- “Look. These are your brothers.” A direct appeal to the viewer and an indirect appeal to the ‘Sons’ Accentuated by Close ups of Maria staring at Freder (and viewer) – appealing to our hearts [see the message quote] Freder his heart – is it Romantic love? (and therefore adhering to the dominant film culture of Romantic Cinema) or is he conscious and alive to his humanity? Note the slow pan and p-o-v shot of the Eternal Gardens as Freder absorbs his understanding of decadence and waste. He realises it is a misrepresentation of the central tenets of the gardens. Contrast the costuming of ‘pure’ Maria with the girls of the gardens. Iris use also represents ‘good’ Maria 13-17 MACHINE-HALLS/NETHER WORLDS/MOLOCH but Freder is transfixed by the girl–and decides to follow her down to the grim Lower City machine rooms. As he watches, a worker collapses at his station and an enormous machine (known as the M-Machine) violently explodes and kills dozens of workers. In the smoke, Freder has a vision of the M-machine as Moloch, the god of fire, gobbling up chained slaves offered in sacrifice. Music is frenzied to begin the scene It becomes rhythmic to accentuate that man is an integral part of the machinery Struggle of the man to keep up is highlighted by despair in facial expression – pace of machinery is incongruous to man’s capability.
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