Get Out, by Jordan Peele

 Jordan Peele's auteurist style in the film 'Get Out' is a compilation of horror, comedy, and commentary on current events. Get out tells a fictional story of a young African-American who goes to visit his white girlfriend's family, where he eventually finds out he has been set up to have his body stolen.

Jordan displayed his mise-en-scène with the "sunken place," which is a hypnotic state in which Chris is trapped in a space vacuum state and is powerless. this moving visual used by Peele could be a comment on the way black experience the effects of society. I am not completely sure what this means but it could be a metaphor for the way black people feel powerless against society as a whole.

Peele's also used a good amount of symbolism in Get Out. The driving force in this film was the idea that older white people want to live consciously in the body of younger black people. this symbolizes the idea that black people can be objectified for their traits and characteristics. This was a very clever point to make because it highlights the objectification of black people but also the envy white people can possess. Peele exposed this theme so well by making a whole movie about it.


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  1. I agree that this film makes the viewer consider how people objectify individuals without conscious. Do you think movies like Gravity or Erin Brockovich have a similar viewpoint? It is different because this is about women versus race but I see similar themes.

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