Night And Fog Analysis
Mr.Hughes Camila Magnani
Western Civilization November 17, 2015
The Bird and The Butterfly
The film Night and Fog is a documentary about the holocaust where there is a juxtaposition between freedom and dependence based on a historical perspective.
The film starts of with classical music, which is perceived as structured, cultured, and civilized music. Therefore you picture a city in your mind as the credits roll. But Night and Fog transitions to an idyllic barren countryside. The music silences and you hear a delicate flute solo, which makes you visualize a bird or butterfly. The sky dominates the picture as it symbolizes freedom and God. Below the sky there is a field,
which is farmland that shows man’s presence in nature. And off into the distance there is a forest showing wilderness, which exposes what pertains to man, and what is God’s.
Lastly the camera descends into a ranking manner where freedom is no longer overpowering the picture as a fence rises up and you enter imprisonment, the prisoners point of view, thus there is no heaven and you are in hell.
Resnais creates a powerful picture of dehumanization and cruelty. He shows how men and women inside the prison rank lower than birds and butterflies.
Western Civilization November 17, 2015
The Bird and The Butterfly
The film Night and Fog is a documentary about the holocaust where there is a juxtaposition between freedom and dependence based on a historical perspective.
The film starts of with classical music, which is perceived as structured, cultured, and civilized music. Therefore you picture a city in your mind as the credits roll. But Night and Fog transitions to an idyllic barren countryside. The music silences and you hear a delicate flute solo, which makes you visualize a bird or butterfly. The sky dominates the picture as it symbolizes freedom and God. Below the sky there is a field,
which is farmland that shows man’s presence in nature. And off into the distance there is a forest showing wilderness, which exposes what pertains to man, and what is God’s.
Lastly the camera descends into a ranking manner where freedom is no longer overpowering the picture as a fence rises up and you enter imprisonment, the prisoners point of view, thus there is no heaven and you are in hell.
Resnais creates a powerful picture of dehumanization and cruelty. He shows how men and women inside the prison rank lower than birds and butterflies.