WEEK 4 - La Haine

La Haine - "The Hate" - WEEK 4

La Haine is French film based around the times that France had losts of riots and people who wasn't 'true french' people were practicly being left to rot in cheaper area's of france by 'proper french people', it shows a darker side to Paris than what most films set in Franch or that show France do!

La Haine was Shot in Black and White despite having the option of colour which not only braught out the contrast and lighting, but it also brings out a silent message to the veiwer that back then, everything was dark and in black and white, because everyone had so much pain and confussion going on in their lives that they felt everything could only get worse...

Steriotypical associations we have with the french is that they're all passionate and dramatic with everything they do, they're artistic and they're all love crazed, they also have a taste for fine foods and wines!

(steriotypical french person)

in films set in France/Paris they usually glamourise it like, One film that shows the glamour and magic of Paris is animated film Ratatoullie:

 It's about a young rat that is an outcast to his clan and only once to live an easy life as a chef in Paris and walk the same path as his idol Goustoe, this clip shows how magical Remmie finds Paris and how overwelmed he is when he discovers that he's been under Paris the whole time, it also shows the steriotypical Paris life with the love, passion and artistic flow!

(couldn't find an english clip on youtube)

This clip is a 9 minute and 59 second long clip from when they're in paris in La Haine, this clip shows a completely different side to paris than what most clips show, as seen in Ratatoullie, Midnight in Paris and most other movies set in Paris.

This is a 10 minute clip of the story of Freedom Writers, the reason i chose this film to compare to La Haine is because of the fact that it has similarities, it has gang violence, racism, hatred and the majority of the place looks down their noses at them!

Freedom Writers is set in California around the times that gang violence and killings were going on, everyone was scared of stepping out of their door incase they got shot, and most of the white American citizens had a strict point of veiw that ALL of the coloured people were out to cause trouble and did it purposly just to make the entire place a horrible place.