Thursday May 3, 2007

I have yet to write about "Hamilton" in my blog. I am very behind.

I want to explore the reasons for the differing styles between "Hamilton" and "Love with a Little 'L'." The differences in styles are easily identifiable. "Hamilton" is subtle, slow, easy to follow, and overall very pleasing to the eye and mind. "Love" on the other hand is in-your-face, personal, vulgar, and intrusive as well as uses symbolism. However, why such great divide between the two styles? The crudity and upfront attitude of "Love" makes it controversial. This makes perfect sense since the topic is one of womens' empowerment and adolescent attraction, things which are controversial and complicated. It is confrontational for a reason, to grab attentino and make one think about what is being said. Also, this symbolism used is able to make the vinettes about more than what is portrayed by simple yet strange acts.
The subtlety of "Hamilton" greatly contrasts the intrusiveness of "Love." The vinettes in "Hamilton" are simple, showing little conflict, little confrontation, and little action. This quite obviously achieves an aura of simplicity and mundaneness that is commonly reached in normal everyday life. I believe that this film was made as an experimental film, like most experimental films, to challenge the idea of conventional film. It is difficult to illustrate the complexity of adolescence, and almost harder to convey the prosaic mood of day-to-day life. And I believe these films took on their differences in style in an attempt to bring the complexity and the simplicity of life as close as possible to the audience.