Film review, Strangers

Strangers

It’s a short movie about the clashes between different religions. At the beginning of the story there were two men in a subway. One of them was reading an Arabic newspaper and the other one was playing with his necklace which had a Jewish star. In my opinion it is very well characterized with little and simple but effective touches that tell you what religion they are. In this situation the ambient sound is very suspense, but in a low volume which can be seen as a constant remainder of the conflict and tension that is between them. The camera is at a close angle because it showed you their faces and how they looked each other in a challenging way. Lightening was pretty dark but only with the lights of the transport (that were not so shiny) in a way you could distinguish the men and the situation. When the subway stopped they came four men that sat next to them and one made graffiti of the Nazi’s sign in the newspaper the Arabic was reading. In that moment, the background sound and the camera angle was the same as before. In my opinion the director has to change the camera angle because in most parts it was the same, focusing in the men’s faces and expressions and this makes stifling and boring for the public. In the next stand the Jewish’s cellphone started to ring with a ringtone of his religion, so it worse the situation with the Nazis. When the subway stopped the two men tried to escape of this group of “bad boys” and run until they reached the exit. The ambient sound in this moment it’s very active and stressing making you feel the adrenalin the guys are feeling at escaping of this men. Here the camera angle changes into a far angle because you can see the men running and fetching each other. At the end of the movie, the two men leaved aside their differences for save their lives and they achieved it. The other men stayed inside the subway so they felt relaxed and secure. The lights and the angle of the camera stayed the same but the sound effects were quite silent, what represents peace.