Portrait of a Lady on Fire: The Female Gaze and Consensual Looking

Posted on September 19, 2023September 20, 2023 by Esther Jung

According to Laura Mulvey, the male gaze is a way of depicting women in movies through the eyes of a heterosexual man, and women are portrayed as passive objects that serve to please both men on-scree... Read More

(Searcher) Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Radical Portrayal of Abortion

Posted on September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 by Logan Viera

Abortion & Film Abortion, especially within the US/Hollywood context, has seemingly been accompanied by an oddly untenable coldness and violence since film’s inception. While this is not sur... Read More

(Searcher) A Portrait of a Lady with a Combustible Head

Posted on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 by Space Lutterodt-Clottey

If you enjoyed (or endured) A Portrait of a Lady on Fire, I would very much recommend They Might Be Giant’s You’re On Fire. I couldn’t get this song out of my head. What relevance do... Read More

The use of the Female Gaze in the Cinematography and Portraiture of Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 by Kayla Lerner

To start off, I would like to say that this film is the ultimate antithesis to any Michael Bay movie. The female characters in those movies are only shown in a sexual manner, even if they aren’t... Read More

Cinematographer’s choices in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 13, 2023September 15, 2023 by Amy Nunez

This is an interview with cinematographer, Clair Mathon. In this video, she talks about the format chosen to shoot, technique choices, and difficulties while shooting the film Portrait of a Lady on Fi... Read More

The sea and tonality in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 by Liz Zuo

When I was watching the film, I was impressed by the tonality of the film, especially the use of bright colors like oil painting, where natural scenery is filmed particularly mild and alive. There are... Read More

Double Meaning? Just a thought.

Posted on September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 by Stefanie Silvera

The Power of Looking in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 by Stefanie Silvera

In “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” the themes of looking, love, loss, and memory intertwine with the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. When Héloïse and Marianne were pondering over this ... Read More

(Searcher) Cinematography in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 by Sammy Lichtenstein

This article dives into the cinematography of the movie Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Claire Mathon, the cinematographer, describes some of her ideas behind camera movement in the film. She talks about ... Read More

(Viewer) The cinematography in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 by Zixing Wang

From the whole movie, what we first notice is the significant slow and meticulous speed of motion. Different from other narrative films, the Portrait of a Lady on Fire uses extreme slow motion when fi... Read More

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Intro to Film 2023

FILM 101-4 • Emory University • Fall 2023 • Professor Gregory Zinman

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