Film: Lucky Number Slevin

This is the first part of "Lucky Number Slevin" the opening scene however due to problems with You Tube I could only find it with Spanish subtitles.

The genre of this film is crime thriller which has now become a cult film; the opening credits of the film shows the name of the actors on a bookkeeping accounts book which is an important prop in the film and it more interesting and interactive at the start. There is a non diegetic sound bridge of horse racing with commentary that runs across the different scenes and opening credits connecting them together. The film has notable stars such as Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley and Danny Aiellos. The viewing audience of this film is 18 and over however it has been seen by people over the age of 15.

The reason why I enjoy the film is because of the creativity used to portray the plot of gangster crime and its repercussions. The action makes high tension suspense which kept me entertained and intrigued. It was also witty, fast, stylistic with a interesting modern aspect that centres around the theme of revenge. One of the messages of the film shows us that the unpredictable can always happen.

The cinematography of "Lucky Number Slevin" has the angle shot at the beginning of the film panning into a high angle where the audience sees a dead man holding a black book; this can indicate the importance and the mystery of the black book and the reason for the man’s death. The man’s death can show a point of view regarding submissive or a weak character. The shot type shows a establishing shot of a parking lot signifies to the audiences that something might be or will be happening, which is later shown when the character in question is shot in the head. This would then make the audiences question on why he was targeted.

Later on we see three people walking into a old fashion 70’s style office where the position of the camera shows a low angle view of the characters, this makes the audience curious as to why we cannot see their faces and what the connection is to the previous scene.

In the scene where we see Bruce Willis’s character shown inside a bus station where he tells about the “Kansas City Shuffle” to another character, the movement of the camera shows Bruce Willis indicate to the left and right while the camera copies and pans the same. This shows to the audience on how “Kansas City Shuffle” works; they show him disappearing and reappearing again as he proceeds to break the other character’s neck.