It isn't breaking down the fourth wall, is it? And it isn't metafilm either.
November 7, 2007 5:20 AM Subscribe
Is there a term for this sequence in the movie Filantropica? Spoilers inside.
In Filantropica, when the waiter punches the protagonist in the basement, he switches between blows and the diegetic sound - of karaoke. He sings along, too.
In Filantropica, when the waiter punches the protagonist in the basement, he switches between blows and the diegetic sound - of karaoke. He sings along, too.
Response by poster: Hmm, ok.
SPOILERS
Waiter takes hero down to basement and beats the crap out of him. The soundtrack is the karaoke bar upstairs in the restaurant.
Camera alternates between third person and the hero's pov, and in one shot (hero pov) we see the waiter sing along to the karaoke and bash the hero to its beat. A mic appears out of nowhere in his hand.
The next cut is to third person pov, with the beating going on as usual, no mic, same soundtrack.
Could be attributed to the hero's stream of consciousness, you say? But there is another scene where something similar happens; this time is the camera is third person and not hero pov.
The only time the fourth wall is broken is right at the end, and not by the protagonist.
So what do you call this?
END SPOILERS
posted by sushiwiththejury at 4:49 PM on November 7, 2007
SPOILERS
Waiter takes hero down to basement and beats the crap out of him. The soundtrack is the karaoke bar upstairs in the restaurant.
Camera alternates between third person and the hero's pov, and in one shot (hero pov) we see the waiter sing along to the karaoke and bash the hero to its beat. A mic appears out of nowhere in his hand.
The next cut is to third person pov, with the beating going on as usual, no mic, same soundtrack.
Could be attributed to the hero's stream of consciousness, you say? But there is another scene where something similar happens; this time is the camera is third person and not hero pov.
The only time the fourth wall is broken is right at the end, and not by the protagonist.
So what do you call this?
END SPOILERS
posted by sushiwiththejury at 4:49 PM on November 7, 2007
No special term. It's too new/obscure. The whole concept of breaking the fourth wall like this (especially with music) is a new flavor of diagetic music.
My favorite - Gross Point Blanke. Live and Let Die.
posted by filmgeek at 11:06 PM on November 9, 2007
My favorite - Gross Point Blanke. Live and Let Die.
posted by filmgeek at 11:06 PM on November 9, 2007
I haven't seen that film but if the way you're describing it is accurate, the term I'd use would be "mistake". I'm sure I'll catch crap for that but it seems like nothing except something to take a person out of the film, which I almost always consider a mistake unless the audience is part of the equation (like, say, in Funny Games).
Were this to happen in a film I was watching I'd spend the few minutes after it happened trying to sort out what I'd just seen/heard, which would lead to me being distracted during anything that followed.
Like the dog poo shot in Mulholland Dr., such things annoy the fuck out of me. I console myself by saying Lynch was taking a cue from the Apaches, and sewing an error into his basket so as not to offend the gods by making something Perfect. Unfortunately, it's only a small consolation.
posted by dobbs at 9:22 AM on November 10, 2007
Were this to happen in a film I was watching I'd spend the few minutes after it happened trying to sort out what I'd just seen/heard, which would lead to me being distracted during anything that followed.
Like the dog poo shot in Mulholland Dr., such things annoy the fuck out of me. I console myself by saying Lynch was taking a cue from the Apaches, and sewing an error into his basket so as not to offend the gods by making something Perfect. Unfortunately, it's only a small consolation.
posted by dobbs at 9:22 AM on November 10, 2007
Response by poster: Hmm, I think I know what you mean, dobbs, but this ain't one of those. Maybe it doesn't have a name.
posted by sushiwiththejury at 8:15 AM on November 11, 2007
posted by sushiwiththejury at 8:15 AM on November 11, 2007
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posted by Dr. Wu at 10:05 AM on November 7, 2007