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- An uncommon example of purely allegorical cinema, Paul Fraser’s My Brothers foregoes plot almost entirely in favor of thematic resonance. The characters, their objects, and the situations in which they find themselves are so clearly representative of big, clunking abstract concepts that the film quickly becomes all subtext and no story.
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By Stephen Holden. Nov. 29, 2012. The road trip that squabbling Irish siblings make in “My Brothers,” the directorial debut of Paul Fraser, takes place over Halloween weekend in 1987. But the...
- 1984 (Michael Radford, 1985) The ultimate example of an allegorical film, 1984 is an adaptation of George Orwell’s novel of the same name and tells the story of Winston Smith (played excellently John Hurt) as he goes through his oppressive and confined life within a dystopian world of which “Big Brother is always watching”.
- Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) Metropolis is a landmark film in cinema, not just in German cinema but in film as a whole. A classic German surrealist picture whom many Australian students may be familiar with as a studied text in year 12.
- Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999) Neo-noir film David Fincher master took a step back from his hit crime thriller Se7en to deliver a surprisingly brilliant satirical drama based on Chuck Palahniuk’s novel by the same name.
- Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) A beautiful film which featured prominently in many people’s early lives, Spirited Away follows a girl Chihiro (Rumi Hiiragi) whose parents are promptly transformed into swine after ‘pigging out’ on the food of spirits.
Apr 29, 2010 · Written by Irish screenwriter Will Collins, 33, and directed by British man Paul Fraser, 37, it’s a tender story about three young working class Cork brothers who take an impromptu road trip...
Nov 27, 2012 · My Brothers | Film review. Film. Timmy Creed in My Brothers. Time Out says. As their father lies dying of cancer, three brothers steal a delivery van and head for the seaside on a chimeric...
Feb 13, 2018 · Allegory is a deeper understanding or message inside a film, compared to theme which is the subject at a more superficial level. A lot of great, classical films contain well-thought allegory, but it seems to have mostly disappeared as action/comedy blockbusters have taken over the American film industry.
An uncommon example of purely allegorical cinema, Paul Fraser's film foregoes plot almost entirely in favor of thematic resonance.
