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The elephant man (1980)

The use of monotone palette despite its time of creation emphasis old world views and intolerance of society. A choice similarly chosen...

The imitation game (1959)

Through the use of a colour palette used Sirk continually contrasts or compliments the mood captured in every scene. The use of...

The man with the golden arm (1959)

Through the emphasize of closeup shots Preminger creates a world in which we emphasis with recovering heroin addict Frankie despite his...

A matter of life and death (1946)

The world portrayed is that of over saturated colour reflecting the growing and blossoming love between Carter and June Upon viewing the...

Metropolis (1927)

The industrial cityscape of the dystopian Metropolis emphasis the idea of a society ruled by complete totalitarianism an even reflects...

Un Chien Andalou (1929)

The short film is made up wholly of a number of surrealistic scenes- of which are almost unrelated from one another but from the main...

Bladerunner (1982)

Through the use of lighting Scott creates a dystopian earth in which the viewer can experience the very crumbling of society. The earth...

Scarlett Empress (1934)

Sternberg’s Russian palace is an mixture of overarching religious art underlined by grotesque twisted gargoyles. Most scenes of this film...

Citizen Kane (1942)

Kane's character is that of a man who craves not only control but the desire to be loved by not only close piers but that of everyone. In...

La Belle et La Bete (1946)

The use of humanizing inanimate objects within the beasts palace shrouds the world in a magical atmosphere. Our first glimpse into the...

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