Sleepy Hollow
...t as well as the trees which l?entourent are d?un black ebony. Moreover, Tim Burton transforms the place of the continuation, that is to say the forest, in a decoration choking and worrying. Indeed, the dark and tortuous trees seem to be closed again on the Rider of Hesse and let believe in the witness that this one will thus be captured. These characteristics so much striking and are so well adapted to l?expressionnism that l?on could compare this treatment of l?espace with the terribly sinuous decoration and asphyxiating traditional expressionnist the cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1919). Then, a domination of l?approche symbolic system in the play of the actors is also a characteristic specific to l?esthetic expressionnist. Tim Burton thus brings once again its film closer to the l?expressionnism while putting l?accent on the symbols in the setting in scene of the characters. Thus, its hero, Ichabod Cranium, n?échappe not with the rule. The scene where it tries d?élucider the murder of Masbath clearly shows its awkward and significant nature like its need to be sure itself. All is put in?uvre so that the witness includes/understands the psychological characteristics of the principal character. Thus, from the beginning, l?homme is awkward with its horse and arrives late on the scene of the crime. Showing itself always sure of him, it tries to prove its competence in a very theatrical play where it imitates the race with horse of the Rider without head and by exposing scientific implements d?instruments more impressive. As regards on its small sensitive side, its mimicry, even its tics, with the sight of ensanglantés corpses, always let imply haut-le-c?ur and dizzy spells. In this way, the witness includes/understands with the first blow d??il the personality of the hero, from his physical expressions and his behaviors. In conclusion, Sleepy Hollow with its lugubrious decorations, its lightings contrasting light and l?obscur like its sets of actors strong symbolic systems, is certainly a ...