THE GUNFIGHTER
short summary-
The Gunfighter is a 9-minute short film made in 2014 and directed by Eric Kissack. It portrays a western civilization in a saloon and the characters can hear the narrator talking as they talk amongst each other. The narrator begins revealing the thoughts of the characters, as a typical film narrator would, yet the thoughts are mostly personal or humiliating to the characters. The narrator either predicts the future of the characters or exposes their thoughts/ pasts which aggravates the majority of them and amuses the spectator.
meaning and effect:
The film creates meaning for the audience by referring to important topics in society such as racism, sexism and gender roles through the comedy genre. The saloon works as a microcosm of the real world where the audience is encouraged to see the irony of the characters trying to find equality when they all end up killing each other at the end anyway. The film uses comedy to convey a deeper message that society in real life is struggling as much as the characters in the saloon. Even though they do seem to find peace with each other, the narrator exposes one last secret that destroys this.
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