1. The main argument of the movie is the show the deep contrast between the upper class and the lower class living conditions. Another argument of the film is to show how a person can be consumed by a passion(in this case, the scent of smell), causing them to be wreckless and do things without thinking.
2&3. The film uses color and shadows to help with the visual appeal. In the film, black and greys are used in the scenes that are depicted as disgusting and that have bad smells. When he experiences an enticing smell, the colors brighten up and make everything appear lighter and more jubilant. When Jean Baptiste sees a woman and becomes overtaken my her scent of smell, his face becomes shadowed to represent the evil desire his passion of smell has caused him, while the woman is in the bright light representing her scent.
4. Everytime Jean leaves his master, they die. Everyone from his mother to the perfume master pass away as soon as he leaves.
I noticed the same thing about his masters dying off. It was sad and tragic. And the comment about him smelling a woman's scent, a shadow definitly overtook his face and made the evil shine bright.
ReplyDeleteJean definitely lives a tragic life, especially how everyone that he becomes affiliated with ends up dying. This just sort of foreshadows how he is going to murder all the girls who smells good in his life. Every time he encounters something good or beneficial to him, they end up dying.
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