Reality/Illusion
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Reality/Illusion
StatementsEve does not have an ‘off switch’. She is always in the illusion she portrays and not in her reality that Addison exposes. Mankiewicz challenges the ideas of people being stuck in illusion and unable to escape. Mankiewicz uses make believe as a way of coping when authority is being challenge or access her power. Illusion is used to create an alternate reality, which ultimately can cause a personal cost. Illusions can often be exposed and brought back to reality and causing devastating consequences. Those in the theatre act both on and off the stage. Quotes- “It got so that I couldn’t tell the real from the unreal except the unreal seemed more real” - Eve - “no more make believe! Off stage or off..” - “Wherever there’s magic and make-believe and an audience - there’s theatre - “Everything but the bloodhounds snappin’ at her rear end.” - “
Whilst setting up her background story for her “audience” Eve makes a point of foreshadowing just how the future of her career will go. Losing sight of what is real and what is not, - lost within her stories Margo realises she needs not to act constantly as she has been so accustomed to. She no longer feels the need to portray any other person but herself. Being a director Bill realises the difference between reality and the “make believe” in plays. He is not immersed in the drama as the actors are so he can keep a fine line between the two Birdie is making a point to comment on the dramatic/unlikely story of eves, its making a statement in the grand scheme of the story. a sort of foreboding in the future of the film itself. Scenes relating to the themeThe final scene right at the end where Phoebe stands in front of the mirrors in Eve’s coat with Eve’s award. Mankiewicz uses this scene to show the illusion of wannabe actresses. The camera is zoomed in to the mirror so the viewers see multiple Phoebes and her dreams. When Eve is telling her story to everyone in the third scene Eve acts innocent and doesn’t quite know where to finish her story. It’s almost as if she wants it to go on forever.
After Margo has been talking to Addison, she runs in acting innocent to Bill and Lloyd, deceiving them, that she doesn’t know Eve is her understudy Mankiewicz uses this to show through Margo how easily actresses can lie. The camera is positioned up close to the faces of the characters speaking, in an effort to make it all seem believable Symbols:The Mirror symbolises illusion and repetition. Eve’s Trench coat symbolises concealment. Eve’s cloak on phoebe represents an ideal situation that will one day be a reality. Topic Sentence:All about Eve suggests that acting both on and off the stage is prevalent in the world of theatre. Download 6.62 Kb. Share with your friends:
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