Comparing Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) and Bartleby (2001)
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English 102
3/17/2014 COMPARING GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992) AND BARTLEBY (2001)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) film is what anyone with a taste for play converted to film would consider to be a modern master-piece. It is so uncommon to find a play that has been successfully converted to a film that works out just fine, but for these one it’s a resounding success. For Bartleby of Parkers 2001 film, though not a play converted to a film, it is what a viewer would consider to be a mirror image of any work place of the time. The two films have a lot of common elements that drive the plot. Despite the characters and settings that are very different it’s impossible to ignore the modern work place theme in these two films. Settings (Visual)
The directors of Bartleby (2001) used a dull kind of green and lime color in creation of the film. The office mood is set by the dull kind of lighting used in the office. They further increase the dull mood of the office by use of the colors of the clothes the characters wear. The boss wears dull colored suits and so does the other office staff apart from Vivian who seems to create a feminine mood in the office. It does not help that the job given to Bartleby appears boring. What even makes the mood more somber is the fact that they use a sad musical background which appears to be Beethoven’s classic (movies rely heavily on pretty visual and cool sound effects (IMDB). These seem to have been less utilized in this film as it mostly depends on dialogue to drive its plot. In Glengarry Glen Ross they seem to have utilized the same method: Dialogue to keep the plot moving. The complete opposite of the Bartleby film and the Glengarry Glen Ross film is the office mood and atmosphere. The office atmosphere in the Glengarry Glen Ross film is a highly charged and cut throat competition kind of film. It comes as a no wonder that this film was set in New York-Fast paced
English 102
3/17/2014 COMPARING GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992) AND BARTLEBY (2001)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) film is what anyone with a taste for play converted to film would consider to be a modern master-piece. It is so uncommon to find a play that has been successfully converted to a film that works out just fine, but for these one it’s a resounding success. For Bartleby of Parkers 2001 film, though not a play converted to a film, it is what a viewer would consider to be a mirror image of any work place of the time. The two films have a lot of common elements that drive the plot. Despite the characters and settings that are very different it’s impossible to ignore the modern work place theme in these two films. Settings (Visual)
The directors of Bartleby (2001) used a dull kind of green and lime color in creation of the film. The office mood is set by the dull kind of lighting used in the office. They further increase the dull mood of the office by use of the colors of the clothes the characters wear. The boss wears dull colored suits and so does the other office staff apart from Vivian who seems to create a feminine mood in the office. It does not help that the job given to Bartleby appears boring. What even makes the mood more somber is the fact that they use a sad musical background which appears to be Beethoven’s classic (movies rely heavily on pretty visual and cool sound effects (IMDB). These seem to have been less utilized in this film as it mostly depends on dialogue to drive its plot. In Glengarry Glen Ross they seem to have utilized the same method: Dialogue to keep the plot moving. The complete opposite of the Bartleby film and the Glengarry Glen Ross film is the office mood and atmosphere. The office atmosphere in the Glengarry Glen Ross film is a highly charged and cut throat competition kind of film. It comes as a no wonder that this film was set in New York-Fast paced