Post by Flynn on Nov 1, 2017 22:16:33 GMT
I also think it's important to recognize that we are seeing stylized violence rather than real violence. It doesn't conform to reality because other concerns were given greater importance, like getting the shot in one take, making the action shot through a mask look coherent, and establishing the terrible sadness of what we just saw happen through the score as Michael walks out to the street. For that matter, the parents' reaction is stylized as well. The end result is an opening sequence that lends the events a mythic quality. It's not AN event; it's a representation of a type of event.