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fllm lLself has an odd sLory as lL ls abouL 2 young men who go lnLo hollday homes and LorLure Lhe
famllles (as seen ln flgure 2) ln Lhe fllm you follow a famlly of Lhree and you see Lhem go Lo Lhelr
hollday house 1he fllm has a welrd vlolenL LwlsL because Lhe 2 men LorLure Lhe famlly buL you don'L
see Lhem dolng Lhe deed only Lhe effecLs afLerwards so 'We can only 'know' whaL Lhey permlL us Lo
know abouL reallLy' (8uLler 200219) 8y uslng LhaL elemenL ln Lhe sLory Lhe fllm Lhen plays on Lhe
vlewer maklng Lhe person need Lo see whaL ls golng on by uslng sLlll placed cameras and noL seelng
Lhe acLlon of LorLurer
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famlly a quesLlon abouL how Lhey wanL Lo dle by glvlng Lhem opLlons buL as he Lells Lhem he Lurns
Lo Lhe camera and almosL asks Lhe vlewer whaL Lhey Lhlnk almosL breaklng Lhe 4Lh wall and almosL
glvlng lL a panLomlme feel Lo lL Looklng aL posLmodernlsm ln Lhe '1980s lL had became Lhe locus of
debaLe a place where Lhe values and meanlngs of conLemporary llfe were conLesLed and afflrmed
ne of Lhe reasons lL became poLenL was lLs suggesLlve amblgulLy Lhe way lL speclfled Lhe deparLure
polnL buL lefL open Lhe flnal desLlnaLlon' (!encks 199210) Whlch ls deflnlLely how lL ls used ln Lhls
fllm because he almosL glves Lhe vlewer Lhe opLlon should l klll Lhem or leave now?
1he lasL parL of Lhe fllm LhaL Lhrows Lhe vlewer off ls a scene where one of Lhe maln men geLs shoL
and Lhe oLher one says hang on" and geLs a remoLe conLrol and reverses Lhe whole acLlon and Lhen
moves Lhe gun away 1haL whole acLlon makes you quesLlon whaL [usL happened because lL only
happens once and LhaL's lL lf lL happened a few Llmes lL would make sense lf Lhey were uslng a
maglc remoLe conLrol lL would make sense buL Lhe facL ls lL ls Lhe same one as Lhe 1v ln Lhe room
lLs noL even Lhelrs
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and lL was a new LwlsL of a Lyplcal slasher fllm buL LhaL ls lL really 1hls fllm ls useful for dlscusslng
posLmodernlsm buL as a fllm Lo waLch lL doesn'L geL my voLe








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8lbllography

new ways of seelng Lhe world 2002 ChrlsLopher 8uLler13
1he posLmodern reader 1992 Charles !encks 230

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