Harvey Darvey

First off I apologize for this being so late, I haven’t been able to get to a computer.   But anyway…

Harvey! Harvey! Harvey!  I keep saying each week that the movie has had a unique approach or story… However, this week yet again was another movie that I had never heard of and ended up being very well done with excellent acting.  For some reason black and white movies scare me at first and take me a little longer to get into it, however, this one captivated me almost instantly.  The movie I feel was certainly character driven because the story was based not on completing a task but on how the characters are reacting to each other.  

            This movie plays on the way lack of proper communication can cause people to come up with assumptions that can cause a lot of chaos and turmoil between characters.  It also used the idea of rabid that only some could see to increase this confusion.  The film Harvey had many techniques that helped make the story work.  For instance the camera angles that move to follow the invisible character, or how things move because the invisible rabid is moving them about.  All of these techniques combined with the actors and actress’s incredible abilities to act out scenes with an imaginary character made this movie really stand out and become a true comedy.  There were also similarities between Harvey and the Purple Rose of Cairo movie playing on not communicating properly can cause havoc, in addition to peoples want to fit into society versus just playing enjoyment of life and not a care in the world.  The movie also played on the idea on the fear of the unknown or being misunderstood by science and put into situations that they cannot control such as being put into an asylum.  As old as the movie is, it did and excellent job at combining many themes and techniques to make a very unique movie that I would highly recommend others to see.