ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Totalitarianism
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Usually film noir is in black and white: ambiguity between black and white - good and evil. The film"s poster with marilyn monroe combined with the niagara fall shows the beauty of nature and the beauty of female/love. The parallel between polly and rose is the centre throughout the movie. Ray coulter: a typical white man with visions of american dream; ambitious. A new technique is used in the movie to allow the camera to get as close as possible to the fall without getting any moisture. The movie shows the condition and mentality of american society in 1953 - the cold. War - the tension between traditional godful american values and the new totalitarian communism values. The power of nature compared to the power of female sexuality. Another theme: women are doubted in front of the new medical establishment; both. Polly and rose are subjected to this medical authority as they are viewed as insane when men want to.
