film Coraline is based on a novel by Neil Gaiman known author for all lovers of comic given their creative role in the saga The Sandman. The story made into a film results in a not unattractive dark film with many similarities with the story of Alice in Wonderland and a magnificent achievement in 3D. Although not a highly original story, the story is wonderful, and each character has an inherent charm, especially the protagonist herself.
Coraline is a special girl who feel ignored by their parents spend all day at work. Tired of them, is dedicated to exploring the house to the huge house they have moved, until one day he discovers a door into another world, where they await their Other Parents, physically identical to the authentic, but with buttons instead of eyes. The Other Parents of Coraline are much more friendly, and treat it exactly as she wants to do in reality. As a result, the girl goes increasingly frequenting the Alternative World , although received several warnings about its danger. Done
this little short, now I want to go deeper into the story of the film, which warn that possibly unveil a lot of the plot.
The story of Coraline , as already noted above, is not really new but this is a topic already thousands of times in a multitude of stories from mankind, from tales of myths, literature ... this is the danger that may involve fictitious or virtual worlds, which has always fascinated and lead to the downfall of the heroes of the stories.
The strength of these places, usually created by a sorcerer, a magician or a demon (pick the one you feel like it) is incredibly powerful because it offers rewarding alternative to the real world, full of hardships and frustrations .
There are many examples in classical literature, from the famous Narcissus, who falls in love with his own reflection in the water, the illusion that causes the goddess Hera to make Hercules kill their own children thereby causing madness, deceit in which to add the Circe Ulysses to keep him on his island and prevent further their way back to Ithaca ...
In all cases, the character caught in the illusion happy and carefree lives, fully satisfied and outside the real world behind the illusion. The loss of contact with reality is growing until the victim ends up losing its identity, but no longer a slave to it and thus leave to fulfill their role as an individual to become a being virtually inert, with no free will or consciousness, enslaved for life.
Stories and more classical works and warn of the danger of letting something that can be used at some point to "disconnect" from the routine will eventually become so essential to condition our own existence.
comparison is not hard to find nowadays alternative worlds with all the entertainment options that prevail in our society. All drug addiction are not the twist to the same problem because they offer an alternative to the troubles of everyday life. Gambling addictions, alcohol etc are rooted in basic the same problem, inability to battle the merciless, evil Real World, to take refuge in an alternative, more comfortable that causes us a sense of security and happiness Royal but satisfactory.
Unfortunately, we live in a society completely unsatisfied. We are surrounded on all sides by a multitude of messages that invite us to eat, shop, eat until you drop, operated until it is unrecognizable to be slaves of a vague illusion that if we do what We say we do, will be incredibly happy, like the entire cast of cute characters and perfect TV ads . The public knows about our weaknesses and exploits every day without pause.
As stated by Don Draper, star of the series Mad Men (wonderful series, on the other hand, to understand how advertising has evolved even as we know it today) sells advertising Happiness first. That's their strongest weapon, knowing that we all crave the same background.
And as appealing as the rampant consumption today is also the world of fanatical ideas. Religious fanaticism, cults, and extremist groups generally, eventually causing its members in a similar illusion, that it completely fills them makes them feel fulfilled by their acts would otherwise never take place by not being completely immersed in collective delusion. One of the characteristics of living in a dream is lost entirely individual perspective and common sense. The reality goes to a second level of importance, and is the illusion that Queen completely overrides any thought or action specific to the person, thus be handled at will by those who have tissue that illusion, that fanaticism belief.
eyes, as in Coraline are the first thing to lose to begin this slavery, because they are par excellence the organ that allows us to see what is real and what is not. Missing eyes, submission begins. And it does not end until the Witch, the terrifying Spider Coraline, which has been woven all power that fascinating world of illusion, has not completely finished with all our sense of identity, our own soul, which is fed to perpetuate the great web of deceit.
Title in English: Coraline
Original title: Coraline
Year: 2009
Country: United . UU
Director: Henry Selick
Writer: Henry Selick (Novel: Neil Gaiman)
Music: Bruno Coulais , They Might Be Giants
Photo: Paul Gentry, Pete Kozachik
Studio: Focus Features / Laika Entertainment /
Pandemonium Length: 101 min.
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