When he finally opens the door, the camera stays steady in the car and the sound of fighting and gunfire ensues before we see the main character returned to his postion, not handcuffed. It is not necessary for the director to show what is going on outside the car because we gain that information via sound. The steady camera conveys that the audience is trapped within that car, symbolizing the journey Fontaine will take locked up in prison throughout the remainder of the film.
The director purposefully has his characters react in a realistic, understanding type of way. According to Tony Pipolo, the director was "impressed by what he called Devigny’s “straightforward, very precise, technical account of the escape . . . written in an extremely reserved, very cool tone,” Bresson sought an approach that served those qualities, privileging the physical aspects and details of Fontaine’s endeavor and avoiding exaggeration, melodrama, and sentimentality. Even the protagonist’s narrative voice-over, based on Devigny’s text, keeps to the facts and is delivered in a neutral, uninflected tone." The experience needs to be as real as possible, and since this film is told through the recounting of Fontaine's memory, it is only right for the camera to stay on Fontaine and experience what he's experiencing.
The silence is taunting the audience, and it seems as though it might never end. The silence is uncomfortable and it conveys what the characters are feeling in this situation. Viewers of this film do not have a firsthand experience of escaping from prison, but the use of sound in this film helps mimic a realistic, tension-filled enviorment in which one can imagine themselves in.
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RuttyT
5/19/2018 12:29:50 pm
You are right in pointing out that the use of sound helps put you into his situation. It really makes you feel like you need to be quiet aswell
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