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Lars And The Real Girl Film Analysis

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Have you ever watched a movie and noticed your heart race or your emotions change time and time again even though you know it 's all fake? Films have the ability to inspire and provoke people to feel different ways.

“In each year, approximately one in every five Australians will experience a mental illness” (Mindframe-media.info, 2017) Life is a privilege not a right. Through films, the issues of mental illness can help to be normalised. There are various films that demonstrate this issue that are targeted at teenagers such as, ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’, ‘Artificial Intelligence’, ‘The King’s Speech’ and ‘The Fundamentals of Caring’. These are all highly rated films with an essential quality that display challenging, confronting themes. …show more content…

By introducing taboo subjects, it can enlighten teens to discuss new platforms.
‘Lars and the Real Girl’, directed by Craig Gillespie, is a film about a delusional man played by Ryan Gosling who falls in love with a doll which helps him to come out of his shell and gain confidence, as well as becoming more sane and aware of his potential.
This story demonstrates challenging themes by having a young man with many opportunities overcome his introversion and voluntary isolation from the people around …show more content…

Through the use of cinematic devices Gillespie has used character and their dialogue to imply that Lars is shy with a lack of social skills. His dialogue is always short awkward responses which initially positions the viewer towards Lars’ introversion. This movie allows an insider into his life and the lives of the people around him. It not only shows the struggles; it shows the positives and happy side of the illness as well as the satisfied ending a struggle can have. Having these themes exposed to teenagers is beneficial in the way that they can become more aware of these scenarios and to, optimistically, be open to learning about these confronting themes.

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