Film Related to Class: I think that the music and the narration in the movie really made it what it was. The narration gave the movie that third person point of view. The audience were spectators in the relationship turmoils of Vicky and Cristina. The narration emphasized that and kind of let the audience sit back more. They were not in the thick of the action, on the edge of their seat. The viewer could just watch and see how things played out. At certain points the narrator would talk over the characters, this separated the audience from the characters even more. I liked this because when the relationships got fiery, I did not feel as though I was a part of it. This led to a less stressful viewing experience. The music in the film really played to the laid back sunny setting of the movie. It was always sunny and people were always walking slowly and the music worked very well with that. Three of the characters being into art also played into the soundtrack as well.
Article Summary: ( http://www.ew.com/article/2008/08/15/vicky-cristina-barcelona ) This article speaks about how the author believes that Woody Allen is the worlds last hippie. They mention how they believe that this movie is a play on Woody Allen's view on commitment. How he thinks that commitment is "so damn...bourgeois." The movie was very travel and leisure oriented with a relaxed view on relationships. There are slow walks and sipping wine in the park. The author speaks of how Bardem was a hunk but spoke with sophistication. They did kind of bash the outdated idea of hippie love as far as relationships go.
Article Related to film: This film did have a very hippie feel to it. The three person relationship had a very free-love vibe. The movie had a slow paced vibe but moved along at a very good pace. This slow pace fed the hippie theme that the author was getting at. Everything was artsy and flawy and about happiness, life and love. Every scene was a sunny day and had a ton of bokeh from the sun peaking through the green leaves of a tree in the background. I thin that the hippieness of this movie may have been slightly disguised by the fact that it had a modern setting but was very obvious at the same time.
Critical Analysis: I enjoyed the narration and music aspect of this film. I liked that I was separated with the narration and didn't feel invested in the characters very much. TI also enjoyed the music because of how well it fit in with the setting. The ending was funny to me because they both left really trying to figure out what life was about and what they were trying to get out of it. They went though these emotional moment, loving moments, confusing and angry moments. After all of that, by the end of the film everybody went back to what they had before and not many answers were found. I thought that was really a play on how were experience life in general. We try so hard to see what life is all about, and by the end of the day we are more confused than when we first started.
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