Group B Blog Post

The scene that I wanted to talk about in the film Midnight in Paris is around the 45:00 mark when the characters are looking at the huge paintings on the wall. I found this scene very interesting because Gil tried to assert his dominance about his knowledge of the paintings and this did not impress the other characters that he was with. The first part of the scene that we see is when they are in the huge white room with the Monet paintings on the walls. The paintings seemed to stretch across the walls and it was as if they were windows looking into different places of the world. Additionally, it was very zoomed out and the characters were in a particular part of the frame so that the focus was places on the paintings.

Moreover, Gil seems to control where the camera moves because as soon as he is done talking, he walks to the left or right and goes out of where the camera is shooting. Additionally, he will also try to push Inez in that direction, showing that the director was cleverly hinting that Gil is very controlling. Additionally, Gil and Inez came to see Paul, however, Gil always has something to say and will continue to interrupt him. As an audience member, this made me cringe and showed that he is very self-centered and rude. Lastly, even Carol has a very uncomfortable look on her face from the way that Gil is acting.

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  1. Jordan SilversmithDecember 3, 2018 at 12:05 PM

    I think it is important that Gil tries to assert his dominance in this scene. The paintings being like windows reflect the fact that we don't know if Gil's information is truly correct. He learned this during his time travel experience, and we do not know if this actually happened. Just like the paintings appear to be windows, Gil's information appears to be correct.

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