The Hours: A cinematic analysis

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

07/07/2009

Category :

Arts & media

Sub category :

Film studies

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Summary :

Introduction
The difficult decision of choosing
Cheating the system
Technical developments
Scene with Clarissa Vaughn in her kitchen
The arrangement of instruments
The strongest theme in the film
Conclusion

Abstract

The hours is the title of a film that was released in 2002. It is also the name of a book by Michael Cunningham released in 1998, on which the film is based, which itself is based on the classic novel once under a working title of the same name, later to become known as "Mrs. Dalloway" in 1925 by author Virginia Woolf. The film adaptation, also borrows an original theme from Woolf's own version, decidedly telling the story of a woman's whole life in a single day. However, where "The hours" by Michael Cunningham picks up and the film leaves off, is by taking that theme and applying it to three different women, in the place of just one. While many reviewers have stated that the film is the story of three women of different eras whose lives are all transformed by the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" itself, on this generalization I have to disagree somewhat.