upThe movie Nine Queens is a movie representative of new Argentine cinema. It is a story of two caught artists who meet in a convenience store when Marcos observes Juan attempting to pull off and money changing scam to stop by his father when he was a small boy. Marcos asks Juan if he would like to be his partner for the day due to the fact that Marcoses partner has been missing for about a week and Juan agrees reluctantly saying that he needs to make some money to help his father. These two men worked together to pull off a scam involving the sale of nine rare stamps to a stamp collector. A turn occurs in the movie when the buyer of the stamps declares that he will only buy the stamps if they are delivered to his room by Marcus's sister who is a receptionist at the hotel in which the gentleman resides. The director finishes with a denouement that will leave the audience laughing, feeling a great sense of relief for certain characters and scratching your head as the pieces fall in place.
The director of nine Queens, Fabian Bielinski is a very talented director who also happened to write the script for the film. He uses mise-en-scene through costumes and makeup especially well to help give the characters the look that helps to convey that they are living in on the fringes of an Argentinian society and that to feed themselves or get revenge for wrongdoings the must rely on themselves; there is no higher authority such as a government to help them out. The director uses costume to convey this to the audience in a way that it could never be done with just a few lines of dialogue. He also makes use of many tight camera shots to better show some of the tricks of the trade these con men use over the course of the movie. It is a clever way to show some things that are very important to the story without drawing too much attention to them. Fabian Beilinsky wrote and directed an amazing movie in nine Queens with an even better ending.
-- Written by: Jesse Zell
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ReplyDeleteYour plot summary is a little too lengthy, with too many revealing details. I did, however, enjoy your mise-en-scene analysis: I had not previously considered the importance of the director's use of close-up shots to reveal the sly hand tricks of the many scam artists. You make a very short comment about the political, local influences on the film, but you do not mention the possibility of international influences. Did you see anything to make you think that this film was more than purely national?
ReplyDelete-Samantha Thomson
I am very appreciative of your descriptive layout of mise en scene as well. Your description was very detailed in outline. It is good you layed out the plot for readers to get a recap in understanding your views of the film. It would be good to include more details about the Argentina government and its effect it had on the people.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your misc-en-scene analysis, I did not take such deep notice to it when I viewed the film. Yet, it is true. The costume is that of those who are trying to make themselves a better life, yet are still hindered by the constraints of society around them
ReplyDeleteThis summary is a strong representation of the film and the way it was directed. The summary diplays the main plot and events from the film very well. Also the mention of how the costumes and makeup affect the characters in the film is a very strong analysis of the directors intentions.
ReplyDeleteGregory Brent Thomas
Since you mentioned the struggle and economic crisis portrayed in the movie, I think it would have been helpful to also relate this underlying theme to the real world economic state of Argentina. Aside from this, your film analysis regarding the mise en scene did a good job of portraying the overall feel of the film.
ReplyDeleteGood, but try to be even more descriptive in your commentary. For instance, you talked about costume, but you never described it
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