Thursday, 24 March 2011
'Desserts' featuring Ewan MacGregor and an eclair
Desserts is a short film directed by Jeff Stark. It is a very ambiguous ending in which Ewan MacGregor is 'fished' (or 'peopled' if you like) into the sea by a big ol' hook and line. The varying possible interpretations make this film more applicable to Roland Barthes' 'Negotiated Meaning' theory of narrative meaning. Obviously, understanding the presumably 'hidden meanings' requires some kind of cultural context. As there is little actual content in a short film three minutes long the cultural context must be considered in some depth. We believe the film is about fishin'.
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