distant voices

I thought the movie, Distant Voices Still Lives was great at depicting narrative structure. This movie, was very differfent from most movies I have seen. It created a very interesting, and as well, unusual sense of telling a story. At first, it was hard to tie certain scenes together. It was shot and put together in a sort of way that really emphasized how memory works in our minds. After a few minutes of viewing this movie, you start to realize that the importance of what actually happend first or after, didnt actually matter anymore. This non-linear form of narrative worked very well, showing just the importance of how the families memories worked together. There wasn't one main character which was also very difficult at first, because you focused on each character as a whole, as a family together. It showed point of view very well through each character, and their feelings and emotions towards other members in the family.

The setting of the movie, was very simple, and yet precise to what was being viewed. As a viewer many things come to mind when thinking about how important the music was in this film. In the dramatic emotional parts of the movie, a very upbeat tone of music was played rather than an expected dark and omnious tone.