The movie A Child of the Big City was intriguing to watch. For me, out of the three films viewed in class, it was the most difficult to understand. There were a few moments where I wasn't sure as to what the action was all about.
However, as the film developed I was pulled into the characters a wee bit more. I found that Mary was an obnoxious sort of creature. In the beggining she seems to be a simple girl, dreaming of a life that she could never have. But as her character develops, and as her life develops, she becomes selfish and almost evil. She uses Viktor and his money, and then leaves him out to dry once he can only support her with his love.
The film seems to bring in the theme that wealth and power corrupts. The first time we see Viktor he is desiring to find a woman who is common, not corrupted by riches, and once Mary recieves the worldy goods that she desires she loses the modest charm tht once attracted Viktor to her.
I'm not sure if anyone noticed this, and it is may be a stretch, but it seems worth mentioning. When Viktor first confronts Mary, before leaving his apartment, he leaves the light on. But once he has learned of her absolute absence of desire for him, he comes home and turns the light off. The light represents in a very simple manner the light of hope that Viktor had in Mary in the beggining, and then afterwards his lost faith in her and his giving up on the situation and eventually on life.
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That's a nice observation: I'd never noticed that he turns off a light which he'd left on. And that's a very intriguing connection you make between the light and the status of his hope.
As for Mary's corruption, I wonder whether it comes about because she already possesses a bad character, or whether it's societal influence which is to blame.
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