This time I turn my gaze and thoughts to filmography. To a specific film, namely Les Trois Mousquetaires: D’Artagnan. While watching a movie in local cinema, I noticed an interesting feature that differs from what we are used to seeing in such spectacles in general.
From heroic to post-heroic filmography
The director of the film is Martin Bourboulon. Written by Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre Dumas and Alexandre de La Patellière, distributed by Pathé and Constantin Film. Shortly at the beginning of the film, we enter a scene that we are not used to seeing in this form from the usual offerings (here I am mainly aiming at Hollywood production that has spread its influence widely around the world): a confrontation full of panic and chaos of lurking (mortal) danger. Something that seems much more authentic and much more believable than what I was used to seeing.
Style or approach to presenting this 17th century story continues throughout the film. Every confrontation, and even a flight from danger, is shown with stress and chaos, and the central character D’Artagnan as an overpowering, vulnerable, “very human” individual.
So, it seems that in the film industry we are gradually moving away from the image of indestructible, heroic individuals who experience such situations with unrealistic calmness and control, to an image in which the main characters are also very human and the story portrayed is becoming more and more authentic and realistic.
Conclusion
This chosen film is of course not the only one to present its story in this kind of different style. It is one of the good examples of how to present this message and of a shift that is taking place in society. I think it is also important and good to highlight those who work behind the scenes to create such a product, who are often invisible to the average cinema-goer or film-goer, but who are the ones who determine the message that will be created and conveyed to society through a created film. You are invited to watch.
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