Comments by Bilal Khan Most recent public comments by Bilal Khan https://nowcomment.com/users/24186 Also like the professor said that in the book its more as if what Faulkner interprets what these characters are thinking, not what they say or their thoughts because they wouldnt saying such things as they are not in their vocabulary https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636526 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636526 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:18:14 -0500 It builds anticipation of the what is happening or what will happen behind that black screen. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636524 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636524 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:16:26 -0500 There are still flashbacks in present day movies to explore the character and plot, but without split screen they are ok. I think Split screen in mainstream movies will never be seen if barely. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636523 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636523 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:14:47 -0500 Yes, That was a good example of using split screen and time manipulation to connect to things. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636521 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636521 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:31:19 -0500 Flashbacks https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=635573 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=635573 Flashbacks are mostly used in the movies where we see a character that has already been developed and the director or writer wants us to see how or why they make the decisions they make and how they got into the place that we see them now. For example, in the movie I Am Legend. We see Will Smith in this post apocalyptic world, with flashbacks we see how he lost his family and what happened in the world. Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:09:43 -0500 Kids not being able to tell right from wrong is understandable. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=635572 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=635572 But seeing something totally horrific and being a part of it along with a family member, which involves hurting people, eg killing and arson. I think they realize how terrible those things really are. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:03:27 -0500 Yes you might be right, being the fact that kids are easy to mold. And even if they can clearly see right from wrong. They will follow in their parents foot steps and do what they're doing, until something or someone else tells them.. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=635571 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=635571 ..that what their doing is wrong. Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:32:18 -0500 Unless its an independent movie like this one, and directors and actors have more freedom to do things their way and to show exactly what they want. Regardless of theatrical success. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635570 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635570 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 07:18:36 -0500 To add on https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635569 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635569 Sometimes the directors would also do this, without really using POV or using the camera actually from there the character/actor would be standing. For example in the new HBO show, Westworld. When looking at certain things that the "Hosts" (Androids) cannot look at since they were programmed not to see those things for their protection, the audience would also not be able to see those things, thus making them unreliable narrators. Fri, 09 Dec 2016 07:32:13 -0500 Camera Technique https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635567 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635567 One of the widely used techniques these days in the Single Camera POV, or Point of View. Sometimes a single shot, or sometimes the whole movie is shot that way, for example Paranormal Activity and other horror movies. Mostly used in Horror movies to provide maximum scares. And to get in detail put the audience right where the character is standing. Fri, 09 Dec 2016 07:32:13 -0500 Writing in multiple view point, in my opinion, might be a little difficult to accomplish if the story is in first person. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635566 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635566 Since only 1 person is doing that talking and telling the tale. And it might be easier in 3rd person, since the story can switch who the story is about easily. Maybe the professor can give his opinion about this. Fri, 09 Dec 2016 07:22:57 -0500 Can we say that James Franco used more than 1 technique to film the movie. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635562 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635562 One could be the Split Screen and the other being that in those side by side scenes, time is different. That one scene may have already moved on and the other still a few seconds behind, not just that but also in the one scene independently, something might've not even happened that happened in the scene next to it. I noticed that happening quite a few times. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:01:19 -0400 People might've enjoyed the Split Screen way of filming the movie. But I feel like it could only really work in Drama genres and slow movies. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635560 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635560 Split Screen might not really work in big blockbuster these days. For example The Avengers or other superhero movies, or anything to do with intense action scenes. A few Split Scenes, yes that makes sense. A whole movie shot like that would be a bit much in my opinion. Mon, 12 Dec 2016 07:16:40 -0500 Hollywood approach might be using a single screen camera, with scenes that flow fluently into each other and make the viewer feel comfortable and grab their attention. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634453 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634453 Instead of them not having any idea what is going on, and therefore getting up and leaving the theatre. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:01:19 -0400 Francos use of Split Screen, and keeping the characters honest to the story enhances the understanding. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=632406 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=632406 Francos didnt move away from the main plot and didnt try to sell this as a Hollywood major film, but stuck with the roots of the story and stayed true to Faulkner. Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:54:01 -0500 Therefore people who read the story are more interested in the movie and dont find it boring and actually understand it. Unlike any general audience, who wouldnt appreciate Francos efforts. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=632405 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=632405 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 18:53:37 -0500 I think it wouldnt be uncomplicated, because the movie just wasnt Split Screen but also the timeline of those 2 screens werent alligned. And at times scenes were different in both screens. Which might be a little complicated to understand. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=632404 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=632404 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:01:19 -0400 Yes, for a person to watch the movie and say it wasnt boring and very plain, they must've read the story to make a little more sense of it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=632403 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=632403 Sat, 10 Dec 2016 16:53:24 -0500 Maybe because the movie portrayed the msg that he was trying to send to the readers of his novel. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=632402 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=632402 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 07:05:24 -0500 It was a TV Short film aired in 1980 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=632397 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=632397 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 18:40:24 -0500 This could be because of his strained relationship with his father. He draws from those memories and uses children in his stories in that manner. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=632389 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=632389 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 07:25:17 -0500 Gives in the fact that his father is going to change but he never does. He doesn't die in the end. Does Sarty know that or he believes his father is dead or he saying that figuratively, as in his father is "dead to him"? https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=632233 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=632233 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 07:26:02 -0500 Burning https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628865 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628865 We know for sure that the father burned down de Spains barn. Cause we read that Sarty was running and he did see the "glare" which could be the fire. Also that he's "looking over his shoulder" which could also have figurative meaning. Fri, 02 Dec 2016 09:06:56 -0500 Ending https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628864 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628864 The ending of the story is quite interesting. We never get to know for sure who shot the gun and who died if anyone. We know the father didn't die as he lived on in the Snopes Triloy burning more barns. And Sarty talks about his father I'm the past tense as if he's dead. Fri, 02 Dec 2016 09:06:56 -0500 And towards the end he loses all hope and runs away. Even though his father lives on burning more barns in the other stories in the trilogy. When Sarty talks about his father in the past tense, its as if his dad is dead to him rather than actually death. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628863 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628863 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 08:59:03 -0500 I'd also say that the acting done, besides Tommy Lee Jones, was very plainly done and felt quite unnatural. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628840 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628840 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:33:35 -0500 Which is why, towards the end when he saw his chance he escaped and left this life behind. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628838 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628838 Sat, 03 Dec 2016 08:01:48 -0500 This is explains why he constantly does what does, burning barns, time and time again. Without considering to stop, at least for the sake of his family. Its like he doesn't know what he's doing is horrible. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628837 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628837 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 18:40:24 -0500 That could also show that he rather have the "dirt" from outside than from the house of this rich upper class individual. As a person he does not have any place for rich people in his heart and would rather hate them and make them suffer. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628835 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628835 Sat, 17 Dec 2016 08:31:09 -0500 Maybe at this point he came to realize that the life they were living wasn't a very good one and moved away from all the horrible things he had to endure being with his father. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628820 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628820 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 07:25:17 -0500 Can we say its fear of his father that makes him do this rather than loyalty? https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628570 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628570 Despite helping his father, he still does so knowing that they're committing crimes. And maybe the thought of being on his own and disobeying his father and facing me consequences is what makes him help his dad. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 16:21:27 -0500 Its just that humans even if they're young, know right from wrong, no matter who is doing it. It might me difficult for the kid to fight this instinct since its his father doing these horrible crimes. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628564 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=628564 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:32:18 -0500 Split Scren https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=628458 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=628458 Split screen could be one of the ways to imitate Faulkner's complex technique. But could one argue it is also to make it seem less complex? Sat, 17 Dec 2016 00:04:42 -0500 Getting the in the characters mind. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=628457 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=628457 Getting the in the characters mind is possible through the novel, but visualization through a movie about what's going on, what the character is around also help. While reading, the reader reads the details and imagines the world and fill it with the written information. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:18:15 -0500 Despite saying that it was quite honest and that he didnt recognize anything he put into it. He still believed this to be best adaptations to his works. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626555 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626555 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 07:05:24 -0500 Nomads are people who dont have a permanent place to live. These airmen were part of a group who would go place to place, and make their living through death defying stunts on planes to entertain people. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626553 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626553 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:45:38 -0500 Even though he wrote it for money and many writers do write for money, they stick to what they are comfortable with mostly and what they know, like Faulkner stick to writing about planes and wars and the south. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626551 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626551 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:14:21 -0500 Relate https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626548 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626548 The person watching the movie can relate to the novel because most importantly the reporter is named and is more involved within the plot. The characters are seen more relatable because they see through the eyes of the reporter. Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:57:27 -0500 Time is frozen https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=626542 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=626542 The clock being stopped at 2:35 means many things. It symbolizes that the time for the family has stopped, they are trapped and that they are unable to move forward no matter how much they try. Wherever they go, how much they move forward, they cant seem to progress. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:59:16 -0500 True https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626538 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626538 The film does a well job to bring over certain things over from the book. But I think the split screen method makes it confusing and a little difficult to fully grasp what is going on in the movie. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 16:15:10 -0500 Humanity https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626534 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626534 Faulkners story captures quite a few aspects. Each character is going through their own struggles and suffering and some are trying to overcome it. The movie also does the same but it is equally difficult to understand as the book is. Split Screen method does make it difficult for the audience to understand each characters personality. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:37:27 -0500 Characters https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626469 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626469 The movie allows the audience to feel what the character is going through and feel what they are feeling, which the book doesnt necessarily fails to do so, but doesnt do it as well as the movie. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:01:19 -0400 Hudson https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626441 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626441 Hudson adds to the film what it was, if you can say, missing from the book. In the book it was an unnamed character lacking a way for the reader to connect with. In the movie he is characterized, and makes it easier for the audience to connect with and see through his eyes. Fri, 09 Dec 2016 07:09:55 -0500 Name of the reporter https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626429 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626429 Not naming the reporter in the books creates this effect on the reader that they do not relate to him as much if the name was given to him and that would've characterized him, for the same reason he is given a name in the movie because it was necessary also Laverne falling in love with a unnamed character wouldnt be suitable. Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:12:15 -0500 Style https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626421 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=626421 Faulkner had his own style of writing books, that mostly depicted what he knew about the south and flying as he loved planes and was a pilot himself. Movie directors and producers have their own styles. Flashback could've been a confusing element to the main plot and Hawks thought he could cover most of the book without taking the time do flashback scenes. This could've effected the adaptation but not in a big way. Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:11:22 -0500 Morality https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=626359 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=626359 10 year old Sarty Snopes is dragged along with his father to help him with his dirty work. The kid at that age proabably questions his fathers morals and whether he should help him in his dirty work or stop him, warn the next landlord victim and betray his dad. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 23:25:10 -0500 Star Power https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=626327 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=626327 As a film, it highly depends on its star power. Casting Tommy Lee Jones meants focusing more on the star and therefore the character that he portrayed. Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:25:21 -0500 Air Show https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=625136 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=625136 The story was highly influenced by Faulkners love for Airplanes and flying. And we can see that this airshow had quite an influence on this story which is about daredevils on planes performing death defying stunts. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 22:20:20 -0500 Stars https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=625135 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=625135 Not only stars make certain demands but they can also refuse to do some scenes and the studio would have to oblige if they want to keep them for star power. And improvisation can also highly impact a movie Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:45:11 -0500 Honest as much as it could be https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=625128 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=625128 Even though the film wasnt exactly what Faulkner had written due to censorship and many other reasons he still thought it was an honest display of what he wanted to show throughout his book to the reader. Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:44:31 -0500 Black Humor https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=625095 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=625095 Black humor is mostly absent from James Francos film because the film is meant to be very dark and story of struggle and sacrifice while the in the book Black Humor is prevalent. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 07:48:04 -0500 Decentered https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=625083 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=625083 Decentered novel is a novel that usually deviates from its main plot and is covering several other things at the same time. James Francos film can be said to be decentered. Mon, 28 Nov 2016 23:29:36 -0500 Simulate is to Imitate https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=625081 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=625081 Adaption would be to take a literary work and make it suitable for filming. James Franco isnt trying to do that here. He is trying to film what the person reading the book would be feeling. It may not exactly be as the story but the person watching would go through the same feeling as when they were reading the book. Anger, Fear, Suspense, Hatred and so on. Sat, 10 Dec 2016 16:45:18 -0500 Being the only woman in an all male cast she wanted to fit in. https://nowcomment.com/documents/56412?scroll_to=568124 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56412?scroll_to=568124 Not wanting to do this movie at all, and then on top of it her character basically didnt exist in the story that the movie was based on. Crawford wanted to fit in and have her dialogues similar to those of her male costars. Also she wanted to show that being the only woman among those men she is quite like them. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 06:37:16 -0500