I agree with your analysis of the themes present in La Haine. Transitioning from Non-Diegetic to Diegetic Sound in La Haine→ During this shot, a sense of urgency and paranoia is created by the Policemen standing in front of them, with the graffiti evidence of a recent raid on the stationīehind them on the wall. Showing all of the policemen staring at them suspiciously as they pass until we see the Hubert and Vinz wait in the lobby of the police station, the camera pana around them, The last screenshot pictured below right was another shot that highlighted the divideīetween the inhabitants of the projects and the policeman tasked with protecting them. Reflect the adversity faced by the main characters. Minute 21) and there is a poster of Bob Marley in Snoopy‟s apartment. It is repeated yet again as Said confronts Snoopy (around The song is playing during the beginning montage of police riot footage, and it is still in theīackground in the image below, as Said sees the policemen, menacingly lined up waiting forĪn excuse to arrest somebody. Second, it showcased the daily life of the projects and the stark class divide in Paris.Īn example that comes to mind is the use of the song “Burnin‟ and Lootin‟” by Bob Marley. First, it showed the personal journeys of Said, Hubert, and Said has kept his naive outlook on life up until this point ĭuring his close up he realizes the gravity of the life they are living, the consequences of gangsįor me, this film was two-sided. Lastly, there is a close up of Said as he watches Hubert and the plainclothes Because despite his parading in front of his mirror Taxi Driverstyle and his boasts of wanting to do time in prison, Vinz is not as tough as he would like hisįriends to think. Who refused to let him in for him, this moment represents the realization of what shooting and There is a close up of Vinz as he bears witness to a man shooting a bouncer For Hubert, he is realizing that his world is To communicate each boy‟s moment of realization. I think that Kassovitz uses these close ups Similar shot of all 3 boys at different points in the film. I‟d like to return to the close up on Hubert during their train ride. He genuinelyīelieves that the world belongs to the 3 boys, that they are living the good life. Now resigned to his life in the projects without prospects, Said still possesses a youthful naivete,Īs he is shown throughout the film cracking jokes, stealing, and spraying graffiti. While Hubert has made efforts to make an honest living and is The 3 boys wander the city, but Said changes it to “The World Is Ours.” This shows Said‟s attitude The billboard shows up again towards the end, as They are stuck in an endless loop of violence. Suddenly fed up with the game that they are all playing, pretending that they will all be fine when There is then a close up of his face as he is
Vinz brag about their confrontation with the police. As Hubert looks at theīillboard, we get the feeling that he is frustrated by the emptiness of its words, as he listens to Looks out the window of the train, after Vinz has pulled the gun on a cop. Shot of the globe with the caption “The World Is Yours.” We first see the billboard as Hubert However, they say that “society” is falling, fooling itself into thinking everything is fine as it movesĠ0:01:05 A graphic match between this shot and the following burning car present the theme ofĪs the film progresses, the motif of the globe is repeated through the use of a billboard that has a Himself, “so far so good.” “But it‟s not how you fall that matters it‟s how you land.” At the end, Story is told about a man who is falling from a skyscraper every time he passes a floor he says to The thesis of this film seems to be the anecdote that is repeated at the beginning and the end the Kassovitz, who grew up in Paris, makes several interesting choices that make this film aĬommentary on life in the projects, and a commentary on French society. La Haine is a film that shows a France plagued by gangs and police brutality. Mathieu Kassovitz‟s film shows a France that most Americans would not expect, given that mostĪssociations with French films in Parisian settings are more along the lines of cutesyĪmelie(which Kassovitz costarred in) than a gritty film that exposes the dark underside of the
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