"Personna" is a subtle aspect of a story (in literature). Stories - legends, history, are narrated, and like the famous saying goes, "histroy is written by the victorious", usually there is a bias to the story. Most often, the narrator gets compelled or enticed to take a side in the conflict of the story. I know that there are short stories written to bring out the importance of personna, but I have not read one so far.
The famous movie "Roshoman", (an Akira Kurosawa movie) is about a murder mystery as narrated by different people. Often, when a story is narrated from a different perspective, the resolution of the conflict or the moral of the story or the entire story itself may change drastically. However, the movies "Letters from Iwo Jima" and "Flags of our Fathers" are a contradiction to this point. These two movies picturise the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II - the former from the perspective of a Japanese soldier and the latter from the perspective of an American. As I already mentioned, these two movies complement each other (and were both infact, directed by Clint Eastwood).
The movies "Troy" and "Helen of Troy" are the most contrasting perspectives of a story. While the former was narrated by Odysseus (a Greek warrior), the latter was narrated from a Trojan's perspective. I was astonished and kept saying "I can't believe this", at every scene, for every scene, every trifle detail was a complete contradiction to what was depicted in "Troy", except perhaps, for the point that Achilles ties the body of Hector to his chariot and drags him along. While Paris was shown as a weakling in "Troy", he was shown strong, to be precise, stronger than Hector in "Helen of Troy". Achilles was not all that honourable warrior in "Helen of Troy".Why, he was killed even before he got inside the gates of the Troy! If you see/have seen either of the two movies, you must watch the other to experience the horror I felt when every contradicting scene played before my eyes.
Nevertheless, the character of Cassandra in "Helen of Troy" and Achilles in "Troy" is worth watching and the movies themselves are good.
I guess I will hit the sack now. My head is hurting from the sounds of all those explosions in the two movies on the battle of Iwo Jima! Oyasuminasai!
Jade
The famous movie "Roshoman", (an Akira Kurosawa movie) is about a murder mystery as narrated by different people. Often, when a story is narrated from a different perspective, the resolution of the conflict or the moral of the story or the entire story itself may change drastically. However, the movies "Letters from Iwo Jima" and "Flags of our Fathers" are a contradiction to this point. These two movies picturise the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II - the former from the perspective of a Japanese soldier and the latter from the perspective of an American. As I already mentioned, these two movies complement each other (and were both infact, directed by Clint Eastwood).
The movies "Troy" and "Helen of Troy" are the most contrasting perspectives of a story. While the former was narrated by Odysseus (a Greek warrior), the latter was narrated from a Trojan's perspective. I was astonished and kept saying "I can't believe this", at every scene, for every scene, every trifle detail was a complete contradiction to what was depicted in "Troy", except perhaps, for the point that Achilles ties the body of Hector to his chariot and drags him along. While Paris was shown as a weakling in "Troy", he was shown strong, to be precise, stronger than Hector in "Helen of Troy". Achilles was not all that honourable warrior in "Helen of Troy".Why, he was killed even before he got inside the gates of the Troy! If you see/have seen either of the two movies, you must watch the other to experience the horror I felt when every contradicting scene played before my eyes.
Nevertheless, the character of Cassandra in "Helen of Troy" and Achilles in "Troy" is worth watching and the movies themselves are good.
I guess I will hit the sack now. My head is hurting from the sounds of all those explosions in the two movies on the battle of Iwo Jima! Oyasuminasai!
Jade
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