Thursday 5 July 2012


Last Night
(Massy Tadjedin, 2010)
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Set in Manhattan, the main set in the film is a modern apartment, overlooking the city. The furnishings are very clean-cut and smooth, solid wood and slate surfaces. The main characters are a young married couple who, money-wise, are comfortable. The palette mainly consists of grey, stone and whites. Within scenes in which the couple face temptation, the colours are subtly richer. For example, Joanna wears violet lingerie and shoes and goes to a party where the main colours are tones of deep reds and black, symbolic for lust and temptation. Michael finds himself amid a cooler palette of turquoise and blues (around a swimming pool), possibly as a reference to his coldness towards his marriage, but also his tentativeness towards cheating on his wife.

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