Weekly Film - The Shape Of Water
The Shape Of Water is a 2017 American fantasy drama directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by Vanessa Taylor. Set in Baltimore in 1962, the plot follows a mute custodian at a high security government lab who falls in love with a amphibian creature. The shape of water deals with themes of voice, greed and power. Being set in the midst of military conflict with russia, The shape of water deals with the theme of war and also blame in the sense that everyone is being suspected of working for the russians and no one is safe from the scrutiny. One of the most significant parts of the film is that the main protagonist, Elisa, is mute and cant speak. This is a great metaphor for women not having much power at the time and not having a 'voice'. This is made clear of at one point in the film where the general is questioning them and half way through stops himself and says ' Why am i asking the piss cleaners' and proceeds to talk about how little they would know about t...