Thursday 30 September 2010

American Beauty - What do we learn about the family?




The family are creatures of habit
  • Carolyn puts the same music on every day, this is clear because the Daughter asks why they play the same music every day at dinner. 
  • In the first seen, we get the idea that Lester has this same routine in the morning; put slippers on, have shower.
They used to be a close family
  • Lester says that his wife 'wasn't always like this' and that he wishes he was close to his daughter again.
  • Family pictures are shown of them looking happy and they are shown in the stereotypically correct way with Lester above Carolyn 
They have a dull home and family-life 
  • There dining room has very plain and dull colours in it, blue cloths stand out and blue bowl in kitchen. 
  • Lester has poor posture, slumped, could again reflect boredom and dullness. 

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