Lynching mobs, beatings, and a very gruesome scene of a man who has been burned to death on a cross all contribute to the harrowing
visual messages of this film.
Not exact matches
And like the «Star Wars» franchise, there are plenty
of visual motifs that have societal
messages tucked away throughout the
film begging to be deciphered (look at the rose, the bird on the pendants and the attire
of those in hiding or in captivity).
Many
films are born out
of passion for an issue or cause, and the
visual medium is a tool for conveying those passionate
messages.
In her script, Hadzihalilovic seems to be sending out some rather strange and old - fashioned
messages with regard to femininity - Mlle Edith tells the girls their duty is to reproduce while Mlle Eva says «obedience is the only true path to happiness» - but the most troublesome aspect
of Innocence lies in the
film's
visual depiction
of childhood.
In the front gallery, Sarah Rara's hour - long
film A Ray Array (2011) comprises 15
visual and aural essays on the idea
of interference, that range, in the artist's words, «from the failure
of a
message to be discernable, to sudden interruptions,
visual disturbances, the interaction
of two sound signals, instability, and optical effects.»