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An Analysis of Ratcatcher Cinematic Aesthetics: Exploring the Interplay Between Camera Movement and Film Tones

Chuqi Wang

Abstract


The setting of Ratcatcher is set in the 1970s during a general strike by rubbish workers in the Glasgow area, where the streets were littered with rubbish, houses were in disrepair and rivers were muddy. Ratcatcher exposes the grim characteristics of society. It focuses on the lives of poor communities and the impact of poverty on families, and shows the depression and powerlessness of working-class life. Ramsey drives in favour of a more symbolic, suggestive, obscure narrative (Wang, 2020, p6) . Thus, the Ratcatcher can be seen as a fi lm of poetic realism and viewers can feel hope and redemption in scenes of despair.

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Ratcatcher;Cinematic Aesthetics;Camera Movement;Film Tones;Poetic Realism

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v8i5.13428

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