3. Representation vs. real
• The Opera
• Jules’ Apartment
• The City of Paris
• The Lighthouse
• The Street
• The Metro
4. Circulationof Representations
• Question of woman’s
relationship to art,
capitalism, society
• Woman’s voice as
expression of
agency/subjectivity, but
also a commodity
• Question of the nature
and use of recordings
• Relationship between art
and image/reproduction
6. Woman as Subjectvs. woman as object
• Woman as object of
desire
• Woman as object of the
gaze
• Woman as object
/commodity
• Commodification/
representation as rape
• Performance as
prostitution
7. PostmodernFrance
• The ominipresence of
pastiche (all is recycled)
• Blending of high and
low culture
• Blending of image,
song, word
• Foregrounding of
multiculturalism
• Breaking down of
gender
8. Visual / Stylistic Elements
• Circular structure of film
• Surreal nature of images
and story
• Blending of
representation and the
real
• Presence of Deux ex
machina
• Shift in the gaze from
beginning to end of the
film
