Steal Away (a part of Tube Tales, 1999)
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Nick Perry
Originator: TJ Austin
Starring: Hans Matheson and Carmen Ejogo
Synopsis: Two people steal a briefcase on impulse, just for the thrills. We see how the effects of the way they live their life catch up with them, and how simple good deeds can change the biggest things in life.
This film confuses the audience throughout; we make assumptions and have them suddenly obstructed by a new assumption of what’s going to happen. The face pace helps to keep the audience guessing, the only time we as the audience begin to realise what’s actually going on, is at the end when we reflect on everything’s that happened.
The symbolism within the film helps to tie up all the loose ends with the story and helps the audience understand the meaning behind the film. Religion being on subject being symbolised throughout such as the centre focus of the ‘cross’ at the beginning, preacher on the train, re-enactments or similarities to acts of Jesus in the bible (washing of feet) and the ‘Seven deadly sins’.
Lighting plays a part in helping the audience make assumptions, for example when the light flicker when the boy touches Michael (main character) on the train we assume something spiritual has happened due to previous assumptions involving religious subjects. It some aspects the bright lights shown at the beginning after they take the briefcase could symbolise ‘light at the end of tunnel’, indicating that they could get away with the crime they just committed. Throughout I think lighting gives the sense of good and evil, when Michael seems to have done a good deed the light becomes brighter. This is in comparison to the darker lighting, red tinge when both the man and woman are engaging in a bit of high strung intimacy on the platform, which some would consider a sin .
The director seemed like all he wanted to do was push some boundaries, confused the audience and keep them guessing, just so the twist ending would seemingly come out of the blue.
my notes for this film from the lesson:
SM - Spongeman (main male character)
WT - Woman Thief (main female character)
Just a little note because you wouldn't understand my notes really if I didn't point those abbrivations out
Wikipedia - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_Tales#Steal_Away)
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