Close reading of Silver Linings Playbook
I have seen this movie a few times now, and every time I watch it I discover something new or I can look at things differently than I did before. For Inquiry I, I actually did a close reading of this film and particularly the scene of the dance at the end of the movie. This scene gave a new perspective to the film by showing how he has progressed and gotten himself and his bipolar disease under more control. Another scene I think is very important to the film is when Tiffany explains to Pat Sr. how his son is the Eagle's good luck charm when he is with her. It brings together all of Pat Sr.'s superstitions and confronts them with evidence of why he might be on to something having Pat as his good luck charm. I think there are two themes in this movie that stood out to me and I would say they are: 1.) You can always find a silver lining in a situation, which manages to do in his life, when al seems hopeless for him he meets Tiffany and together they both work hard get to happier and healthier states 2.) I also think there is a theme about overcoming challenges and obstacles hat we face everyday, and this is that it is possible to overcome these with a positive attitude and support from people who care for you. After watching the movie several times and reading the articles, I think the close reading plays an important part to finding out what is driving the movie and maybe what I can focus on in my own film. Also, the articles show that there are so many different ways to view a film and it's really great to have both sides of the spectrum to fully understand a certain issue, like mental illness in this case. Some potential research questions for me to consider would be: 1)What is a prevalent theme from this film that I can focus my research on? 2)What are some cultural issues that relate to this theme/the film? 3)What from the theme/cultural issues would make audiences relate and enjoy this film?