The Street: Film Review
The Street written, directed, and produced by Carl Grune is one of the strangest movies I have seen from plot to script dialogue, creativity, and narrative storytelling. The Street contains two different plots that will later intersect in the film giving the film a unique narrative approach that could be confusing until the story comes together.
But, along with this none of the characters were given names and only were referenced to. In the film the two different plots are a man who is briefly trying to get out the house and is on a treacherous street, and an old man, a boy, and the old man’s grandson. The man who is wandering from home encounters a street that is dangerous. As he walks through, he encounters all kinds of criminal and suspicious activity but there is also something supernatural going on as well. The street itself is alive as the man is on the street and he suddenly turns around, lights turn on and begin to blink to personify that the streets have eyes too. I was intrigued by this because in cinematic storytelling the moving images tell the story and by using objects, figures, and tools as a strategy to deepen the context of a story is innovative. It also makes the audience pay more attention to details, backgrounds, and symbolism throughout the film.
The cinematography and actions in this film is fast-paced and there are a lot of interactions going on from…
