AML-3311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Earlobe
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The beginning of the movie is very similar to the book (almost line for line) Book: she tried to sit in my lap, movie: she tried to sit in my lap while i was standing up . A film is inherently more durable than a literary text. Marlowe"s impression of carmen in the film is roughly the same as in the book. However, don"t get the same level of psychosis in the film. Tugging on the earlobe: shows that he"s actively thinking through situations, does it every time he"s thinking and he"s about to do something. Carmen: seems kind of stupid in the movie, doesn"t have anything motivating her. Her role in this film is diminished significantly. Vivian is mrs. rutledge: makes her available, disassociates her with the. Fem fatale: label of deceiving and corrupting men, leading them down the wrong path, man and woman end up getting punished. Vivian in the movie not exactly cast in these terms.
