In this week’s
film the purple rose of Cairo the film centered around the depression and American
way of life in its time. The main character Cecelia lives in an abusive and
seemingly bipolar relationship where she settles for below mediocrity with her
jerk of a husband and only escapes in the moments of being in the movie
theatre. This theme was very similar to that of many people who lived during
the great depression. The affordable escape that movies created allowed for
people to forget their current life sorrows and enjoy the feeling of being
brought into the film alongside the characters. The film takes the unique twist
when the character from the movie Cecelia repetitively goes to see decides to
enter the real world in order to escape with Cecelia. Tom the escaped character
charms Cecilia and beings to experience a set of unexpected adventures until
the actual actor who plays tom finds out about his escaped role. This allows
for Cecelia to feel the freedom and love from a man which had never happened before
in her marriage. There was a strong sense of symbolism in the role of tom and
its contrasting role of Gil Shepard. Gil has no thought of anybody but himself
and his expected rise to become a star, whereas tom only cares about Cecelia and
getting away from the normal life that is forcibly upon him. In the end of the
film I was disappointed that Cecelia was left alone when she displayed he
desire to experience change. But the film showed her true affinity for film and
the movies when she eventually stops hanging her head to sit through another
escape of a movie. The overall theme I believe is that no matter how great
things seem to be all it is is a distraction from reality and temporary escape
that eventually returns to real life suffering.
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