Film Analysis The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Brendan Bullock Dr. Terri Hasseler LCS 230-A 20, October 2017 Midterm Examination Films Used in Questions: Question 1: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Question 2: Frost/Nixon and Bicycle Thieves Question 3: Un Chien Andalou and Letters from Iwo Jima Question 4: Pan’s Labyrinth and Citizen Kane Question 1: In the intersecting film adaptation of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, by David Fincher, the moral and setting differs from the original version that appears in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s â€Å"Tales of the Jazz Age.† However, both stories share the tale of a man aging backwards and his life until his time expires. Fitzgerald’s illustration of the story was a first person narrative that shows us, with a refreshing twist, that death†¦show more content†¦These two settings allow the third person narrative to take on a completely new aesthetic. Fincher uses a modern day setting in the first narrative shown and used Hurricane Katrina as a symbol for Daisy’s death and that it is rapidly approaching. Ben’s Diary is also symbolic for Daisy’s undying love for Ben. During these opening scenes, even on her deathbed, she wants to hear about his life one more time. Daisy is Benjamin’s love interest in the film and even though she is on he r deathbed, there is this theme throughout that â€Å"love lives on.† This is another adaptation from Fitzgerald’s version of Ben’s relationship with his love interest Hildegarde. Where Ben’s relationship with Hildegarde was existential in Fitzgerald’s depiction of it, Fincher took it a different direction and made Ben’s love with Daisy validate death. Another adaptation from the story is the scene where the car hit Daisy after she had chosen to be a dancer, ending her career but allowing their love story to continue. The next form of narration was a first person narrative. Benjamin narrates the remainder of the story as it comes directly from his diary. The voyage in the film as directed by Fincher leads us on this journey where Benjamin and Daisy’s epic love for each other never diminishes even through the struggle of Ben’s unique situation and death. In conclusion, the film adaptation was an intersecting type of adaptation from the â€Å"TalesShow MoreRelatedFilm Analysis Story vs. Film - Curious Case of Benjamin Button2193 Words   |  9 PagesFilm vs. Short Story Analysis– The Curious Case of Benjamin Button In reviewing the Paramount film adaptation of The Curious of Benjamin Button, directed by David Fincher and screenplay by Eric Roth, with the original story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one may conclude that there are more differences than there are similarities. The film version does maintain the main premise of the story, in that, it tells the tale of a man born old that grew up to be young, a story on aging. 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