Compare And Contrast Amelie And Dr Strangelove

How could a movie about a young woman learning to open her heart to the world and a satirical movie about world annihilation via nuclear bombs be similar? How are they different? Well, the story of Amelie, a french film made in 2001 and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Dr. Strangelove, an American film made in 1962 and directed by Stanley Kubric, greatly exemplifies their differences and similarities in their production elements, such as the narrative, cinematography, editing, acting and sound. Despite being decades apart and in two different countries, these two films show exemplary use of the production elements in their own way that contrast, however there are some production elements that are in comparison. However, while Amelie and

Strangelove has a vastly different message than that of Amelie. Dr. Strangelove, made in 1962 during the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Russia, which is the central conflict in the film. The United States and the Soviet Union had been undergoing an arms race that resulted in more powerful bombs and weapons of mass destruction being produced, thus the hanging threat throughout the story of a doomsday device that could annihilate all humans on Earth. Kubic primarily uses satire in the story’s narrative to ridicule the conflict between the two nations in order to illustrate its message to its audience that the conflict is absurd and can only lead to negative consequences. On the other hand, Amelie has a completely unrelated message since it was created in 2001, not during a time of major conflict, especially not in France, and it conveys the message of its narrative in a serious manner, instead of using humor through satire as the driving force, like Dr. Strangelove. For instance, the main message of Amelie is that people should not stay on the sidelines, imagining themselves doing something they want, but instead actively try to do it. Amelie drives the message by using a traditional story arc, which includes exposition of various characters, such as Amelie, her father, the waitresses, Raymond Dufayel, and others; obstacles, such as Amelie devising many machinations in order to catch the attention of a young man she is interested in; the climax, when the young man and Amelie finally embrace each other as her efforts finally come to fruition; then the resolution when they live happily together. The films were made in different time periods, thus different audiences, therefore different topics and morals. The narratives for each film is also a common factor for their differences in the other categories of production