winter's bone and captain fantastic
I will be comparing and contrasting the two films, ' Captain Fantastic' and 'Winter's Bone'. Winter's bone is a 2010 Indie film, written and directed by Debra Granik, set in Ozark Mountain. It follows Ree Dolly a teenage girl who has to provide for her brothers and sisters as her father has gone missing and her mother has mental problems. Captain fantastic follows a father and his six kids who have rejected society and decided too live in the woods. It follows the family after their mum dies and they travel to her funeral. One of the main themes that hit me when watching these two films was the rural settings. They both start with beautiful establishing shots of wildlife. This establishes the rural setting for both the films. Although captain fantastic does follow them outside of the forrest both films have settings that are rural to modern America. The main difference between the two films is the colour. Winter's bone, being set in Missouri which ...