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How do SMWSCTH and Jindabyne relate to and influence one another? - Coggle…
How do SMWSCTH and Jindabyne relate to and influence one another?
Gender
How Claire views men vs. how she views women
The culture of masculinity - not quite toxic, but pushed too far - showcases of masculinity
Susan - the female body in a place typically dominated by men
Men and fishing, men and killing
What is a man? What does Claire think?
Race
Two communities: indigenous and foreign (J)
"You don't belong here" (J)
White man murdered indigenous girl (J)
Threat / Fear
Strangers and the fear that comes with outsiders
(J) Ever-present danger (the murderer is always there, even in a church)
Attributing blame
(J) Tom's fear of the water
Things that are familiar become unfamiliar
(SMWSCTH) Stuart's hands
Nature and Humanity
The cycle of life and death
The natural process of decay, interrupted by both the murderer and the men
Life and death are intricately linked
Fish and Susan - binding, catching, fishing
Both had been taken out of their natural environment and left to die - killing for sport - men and fishing, men and killing
Water
The source of life becoming corrupted and turning into death
What is water a site of? What happens when you leave your natural boundary?
Water is a site of calamity and death
The landscape
(J) Susan's spirit hadn't left yet - body vs. fish vs. water - water is the transitory (?) space
Symbolism of wires
Cables, barbed wire, fishing line... human constructs
The processes of life working on death
Narration
Limited narration / unreliable narrator (SMWSCTH)
Claire's perception of time - time skips, hyper-focus
A one-sided narrative
Wider narration / multiple perspectives (J)
What is the impact of these two different styles? Does this change what we know? Does this change how we view characters?
Unresolved storylines
Jindabyne
Murderer captured
Claire and Stuart's relationship
Claire's pregnancy
SMWSCTH
Claire's projection onto other narratives (SMWSCTH)
"It" vs. "she" on the fishing trip
they "stumbled", they "stirred the sand"
Objective vs. subjective
Limited perspectives: "men are always a threat"
Characters
Audience's perception of the characters
Dean vs. Tom and Caylin-Calandria
What is the impact of adding their stories onto Claire's? Why did the director do this? Why didn't the author do this? Does this change any other concepts?
What is CC's motivation?
The portrayal of the characters
Claire
The landscape
The men
(J) Left the body because of herd mentality?
(J) Are they purified at the end of the film? Does the smoking ceremony do anything for them?
Stuart
Film elements
Music
Vocals w/o instruments (end scene)
Celtic music
SILENCE
Visuals
Camera angles
As if something is watching
Wide shots
Close ups
Characters' appearance
Symbolism of concepts
Trauma
The trauma of motherhood has sparked the memory of another traumatic experience (J)
(J) Claire feels like she has to control the situation - why? Past events?
Alcohol as a coping mechanism for Stuart
Does it ever influence decisions?
What are some other coping mechanisms that we see?
Violence
(after Claire smashes vase) Grandma: Just like the old times (J)
(J) The murderer killed the insect as if it had no value - did the same to Susan - shows that he is about to do it again - THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
WHAT IS THE ORIGINAL SIN
Killing for sport
Communication
(J) Claire didn't tell Stuart she was pregnant
Claire doesn't listen to Stuart's side of things
Stuart's way of reaching out to her is sexual (SMWSCTH)
Relationships
Claire and Stuart
Stuart connects Claire with Susan - looks at Susan's face, and when he gets back he looks at Claire's face
(J) "I want the man I love to be a good man" - does she? What does it mean to be a good man? Is Stuart one?
Claire and her past
Claire, Stuart, and their friends
Tom and Caylin-Calandria
Tom was an accomplice in CC's plot to murder the class pet - were the men an accomplice in the murderer's crime?
The people and the land
Claire and Susan
Ethical vs. Legal
What can the men actually be charged with?
Attributing blame
Questions Raised
(J) How do we live, die, love, grieve, and be together?
What is water a site of? What happens when you leave your natural boundary?
What is the purpose of transposing the time in which the story takes place?