The Geographic landscape is all that is external (everything that can be seen).
The Geographic landscape is the landscape that links with ALL of the other landscapes, in the film it symbolises the internal, social, historical, natural and political in different ways.
EXAMPLES
1. Hidden Valley
- hold many of the stories- what happened to the girl?, spirits, what really happened with the men? previous trips stories (connection to the internal and historical landscape)
- Men's business- "secret mens business" - no women allowed out here (political- gender)
- Sheer effort to get there- snaking of the trail through the wilderness (masculine effort- relates to gender hierarchies)
-constant long sweeping landscape shots underline the significance of the landscape and the characters connection to the landscape. The vastness of the landscape shows how insignificant the men are compared to the natural.
2. Hidden City (under Water)
- water is metaphoric/symboilc of weakness and frailty
- When in the water characters appear weak and lost
- Tom nearly drowns (death symbol)
- Camera always looking up - watching the characters- who are 'alive' - spiritual
- 'Tom nearly 'snatched' when Clare was swimming (powerlessness)
- Susan found in the water facing down in the water (spirit world connection)- can't move from one plane to another (men stopped this connection to the spirit world by tying her up- interfered with what was natural)
- also a metaphor for the hidden secrets of Jindabyne
Water is nature; nature has all of the power.
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at the begining of the movie we see a rocky landscape on a hill
ReplyDeleteLots of panning of the landscape........
ReplyDeleteJindabyne is a place!!!!!!!!!!!
Mens business.. "secret mens business" - no women allowed out here... wink wink!!
ReplyDeleteConstant long sweeping landscape shots, underline the significant of this landscape.
ReplyDeleteIt takes sheer effort to get to the campsite... off the trail, snaking through the wilderness.....
ReplyDeleteWater in this film is symbolic as it shows power and death this is because it represents the natural power of the landscape
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ReplyDeleteThe Hidden City - water is metaphoric/symboilc of weakness and frailty.
ReplyDeleteTom nearly drowns in the Lake... He swims out as he thinks Kaylin Calandria is drowning... little does he know!!!
ReplyDeleteBilly is connected to the 'secret Vally' even though he has never been there before, he is connected to family and friends through technology.
ReplyDeleteSusan - Aboriginal: found floating face down in creek... dead... found by Stuart.. The men end up deciding to tie the body to a log and leave her for someone else to find her.... stopping spirits natural journey
ReplyDeleteWATER + NATURE = POWER!!!!
ReplyDeleteBilly V's Powerlines ( Symbolism ), Billy is dwafed by the sheer size/height of the powerlines. The timbered mountains shadowed by the overbarring powerlines is unatural. Lawrence inentially highlighting the tension Billy feels through not being able to get phone reception (cut off from world).
ReplyDeleteMen's connection - modern men in an ancient land
ReplyDeleteFilm maker highlighting the vastness of the landscape
ReplyDeleteStuart showing Tom how to fish in the lake... catches a clock..... symbolises "Hidden City"... old Jyndabyne..... Time symbolises time from the past... also some of the characters are also stuck in 'time'... Also time symbolises time before all the bad things start happening!!
ReplyDeletethe clare spews her guts up while WATERING the garden. more symbolism as water is a bad thing. she is weak water is powerful
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