Movie Analysis The Movie Starts With Klimt - 1040 Words

1. This movies employs an unreliable and omniscient narration. This film is not structured chronological, but rather takes on the role of square dancing. Therefore, the movie starts with Klimt on a bed in the hospital and the last scene is him, dead, on the same bed. Moreover, the second scene is Klimt being in cafe society event with cake being a recurring object and the scene before he dies focuses on a table full of cakes in that same event. 2. The point of view presented is through a combination of Klimt’s and of Schiele’s. This is represented with the camera angle of the scene right before where Klimt s hallucinations based on his life are shown. The camera directs to Klimt pointing at the mirror which Schiele nears it, and then it ripples into Klimt’s life. Both of these artists’ style is mostly absurd and distorted, which reflects the way their mind is working, and because of this, it does to an extent hinder the objective of the film. 3. There are three distinct main characters in this film. They include Gustav Klimt the artist, Midi the fashion designer and a life companion of Klimt and Schiele who is Klimt’s protege. There is a fourth main character that is mentioned by the name of Lea De Castro an actress from George Milenes’ movie, where Klimt falls â€Å"in love† with her. However, there is no certainty that she is a real person as she is portrayed in doubles. Moreover, Klimt saw her as a ‘perfect’ woman, which opposes his view represented his paintings. He