Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Law & Order: CI

I'm watching Icarus, some major noir elements at play in this episode. I'm utterly rapt by the visual theme of the episode. In every scene the sets are comprised of squares and rectangles of varying sizes, and venetian blind covered windows (both are key visual styles used in noir movies), more obvious than any other episode. Perhaps emulating Eame's and Goren's own labyrinthine journey to solve the crime. This was the cherry however, during Goren's therapy session, the blinds are drawn up (awesome metaphor for Goren opening up to the therapist), and there is a storm raging outside, a great personification of Goren's inner turmoil and anger.
In direct juxtaposition is the series finale "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap". The contrast of this episode is just startling compared to Icarus. Where Icarus had the feeling of being in a labyrinth, To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap had the feeling on being inside of a kaleidoscope.

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