{"id":120871,"date":"2016-08-28T11:44:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T15:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=120871"},"modified":"2019-07-06T10:40:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T14:40:27","slug":"rust-and-bone-four-motifs-with-some-overlap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=120871","title":{"rendered":"2012’s Rust and Bone<\/i>: Four Motifs (With Overlap)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been working on a lengthy post about this great film, Rust and Bone<\/i>, directed by Jacques Audiard. Figured this – a glimpse at the interconnected visual motifs in the film – would be a good teaser. <\/p>\n

One motif belongs only to her (Stephanie, played by Marion Cotillard). One motif belongs only to him (Ali, played by Matthias Schoenaerts). One, they share. And one is the overall look of the movie. Together, these motifs create a visual style disorienting, palpably emotional – not romantic\/sweet\/intense emotions but RAW, pain so raw it can’t be faced directly, joy so raw it hurts. The look is beautiful but it’s not necessarily comforting<\/i>. There is an intensity that is difficult to bear, or deal with directly, like looking at the sun. Audiard does not give the film a realistic look, because what the film REALLY is is a melodrama. Melodrama trucks in emotions. The story’s emotional themes are there in the visuals: Truth trying to break through. Other emotional experiential layers trying to be reached, or at least glimpsed, or even perceived at all. Coldness seeking out warmth, darkness seeking out light. <\/p>\n

Rust and Bone<\/i> was one of the best films of 2012. More to come.<\/p>\n

In the meantime: Visual Motifs in Rust and Bone<\/i>:<\/p>\n

1. Lens Flares. Filming directly into the sun<\/h1>\n

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2. Her motif: Leaning into the sun<\/h1>\n

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3. Their motif: The backs of their heads<\/h1>\n

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4. His motif: Looking through a window<\/h1>\n

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I’ve been working on a lengthy post about this great film, Rust and Bone, directed by Jacques Audiard. Figured this – a glimpse at the interconnected visual motifs in the film – would be a good teaser. One motif belongs … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[2476,2206,2475,2473,2566],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120871"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120876,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120871\/revisions\/120876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}