Revolutionary Road Critique
Abram Caesar C. Maaño 2014 - 26990
Eng 2 V-2R Reaction Paper
Yearnings of the Dreamers
A Critique for Revolutionary Road
The direction is by Sam Mendes, who dissected suburban desperation in “American Beauty," which is filmed in 1999. Composer Thomas Newman (American Beauty, WALL-E) provides a beautiful score that adds more emotional weight than the scenes often deserve. The screenplay by Justin Haythe is drawn from the famous 1961 novel by Richard Yates, who has been called the voice of the postwar Age of Anxiety.
"Revolutionary Road" shows the American Dream awakened by a nightmare. It shows a young couple who meet at a party, get married and create a suburban life with a nice house, a manicured lawn, "modern" furniture, two kids, a job in the city for him, housework for her, and martinis, cigarettes, boredom and desperation for both of them.
It 's 1955. Frank and April Wheeler, in the seventh year of their marriage, have fallen into a life that appears to most as being perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job while April stays at home as a housewife. But they 're not happy. April has forgone her dream of becoming an actress, and Frank hates his job - one where he places little effort - although he has never figured out what his passion in life is. One day, April suggests that they move to Paris - a city where Frank visited during the war and loved, but where April has never been - as a means to rejuvenate their life.
They imagine a life of promise with one another; they dream of travelling to Europe where Frank will discover his calling in life and April will become the breadwinner gets a lucrative secretarial job from one of the major international organizations. But what if Frank doesn’t have a calling in life? And what if April isn’t good at corporate jobs? Before they can find out, they are trapped with their two children in an
Eng 2 V-2R Reaction Paper
Yearnings of the Dreamers
A Critique for Revolutionary Road
The direction is by Sam Mendes, who dissected suburban desperation in “American Beauty," which is filmed in 1999. Composer Thomas Newman (American Beauty, WALL-E) provides a beautiful score that adds more emotional weight than the scenes often deserve. The screenplay by Justin Haythe is drawn from the famous 1961 novel by Richard Yates, who has been called the voice of the postwar Age of Anxiety.
"Revolutionary Road" shows the American Dream awakened by a nightmare. It shows a young couple who meet at a party, get married and create a suburban life with a nice house, a manicured lawn, "modern" furniture, two kids, a job in the city for him, housework for her, and martinis, cigarettes, boredom and desperation for both of them.
It 's 1955. Frank and April Wheeler, in the seventh year of their marriage, have fallen into a life that appears to most as being perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job while April stays at home as a housewife. But they 're not happy. April has forgone her dream of becoming an actress, and Frank hates his job - one where he places little effort - although he has never figured out what his passion in life is. One day, April suggests that they move to Paris - a city where Frank visited during the war and loved, but where April has never been - as a means to rejuvenate their life.
They imagine a life of promise with one another; they dream of travelling to Europe where Frank will discover his calling in life and April will become the breadwinner gets a lucrative secretarial job from one of the major international organizations. But what if Frank doesn’t have a calling in life? And what if April isn’t good at corporate jobs? Before they can find out, they are trapped with their two children in an
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