Snowpiercer

I strongly agree with Yasminda, in order to fully understand whats going  on in the book you need to have words that you can understand. The words should be used as a back up if the pictures aren't explaining the situation enough, or vice versa. But if the pictures in a book or novel are very explicit and clear then some readers can go a long way with just pictures.

Snowpiercer - The Graphic Novel

I think the language does matter because in order to understand what the author is trying to get you to understand about the story, you need to understand the language which includes the dialogue and dialect.  I believe we could understand this graphic novel in any language because we have the illustrations.  We may not be able to understand it 100% but I believe we could determine what is happening for the most part.  This book can be appealing to many cultures because it is relatable.  This situation could happen to anyone regardless of where you are in the world.

Snowpiercer, the graphic novel

In class, we discussed various aspects of the graphic novel, Snowpiercer #1: The Escape  (written by Jacques Lob; Art by Jean-Marc Rochelle.  Translated by Virginie Selavy).

We discussed matters of plot, character, setting and situation, 

as well as how it works as a graphic novel. 

We also discussed what Snowpiercer is really about.  What are the larger issues at play?

Pick up on one of those questions we discussed in class, and develop your own thoughts more fully.  

or--

Consider this:

Snowpiercer was originally written in French.  It was called Le Transperceneige, by Jacques Lob and Jean-March Rochette.    Here, in fact, is the above image in French:

Here is another scene, in German:

Notably, too, the film we will watch was made in Korea. 

Does the language matter?  Could we understand this graphic novel in any language?  Why/why not? 

What is it about the book that might make it appeal to many different cultures?

Memento - Opening Scene

I think the director did a great job drawing the audience into the film...if you had not read the story.  Having read the story, I kind of already understood what was going on with the photo and the dead guy.  Looking at the opening pretending not to know what is going on, this is a great opening!  I think creating the movie backwards was brilliant!

Memento - Not much below the surface analysis

I have to agree with his analysis of the movie.  I think that if you watched this movie multiple times, there wouldn't be much that you would have missed.  The director did a good job drawing the audience into the movie but in my opinion it's not the type of movie I would watch multiple times.  You can see that Lenny has a condition that makes it easy for him to be a target of manipulation and he is easily confused.  He even begins to make his own story at the end of the movie by making "Teddy" the new "killer" of his wife that he must seek revenge on.  He really could make this movie go on forever.

Memento - Remembering Her

This scene shows that Lenny had real memories of his wife, however I think he was also confusing his real memories with distorted information given to him by Natalie and Teddy.

Memento - Natalie Scene

This was the pivotal moment in the movie where I really realized that everyone around Leonard was manipulating and taking advantage of him.  In the beginning of the film, we are made to believe that Natalie is the victim and was seeking help from Leonard but we see here that Natalie is only using him.  I believe she purposely hid the pens in the  house so that Lenny couldn't write down what she was saying to him.