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Film Analysis On The Wizard Of Oz

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Daryn Thompson
May 12, 2018
Prof. Powers
Film 101

Wizard of Oz Film Analysis

Perhaps the most famous children's fantasy escapist of all time, featuring such stunning sets, sagacious character designs, costumes, and several of the most memorable and catchy songs in film The Wizard of Oz is one of the most treasured of all movie musicals. When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked away within their home to the magical land of Oz. The both of them follow the Yellow Brick Road headed to Emerald City to meet the Wizard so they can get back home, and en route they meet a Scarecrow (Ray Bologer) that needs a brain, a Tin Man (Jack Haley) …show more content…

Also, her companions the lion, scarecrow and tin man give such a great comical performance to bring fun and happiness to the film. The advent of Technicolor allowed the filmmakers to perform one of the greatest surprises in cinema history. After a 20-minute extensive first act, set in a beige sepia-tinged black and white of her Kansas dustbowl farm and into the sparkling technicolor fantasy land somewhere over the rainbow, both the filmmakers and Dorothy changed the lives of audiences (both then and now).In the film Dorothy is an orphan whose emotional baggage is her greatest obstacle in life, and on her journey she you can see that she realizes this. A critic by the name of Mark Kermode said it best "Anyone who can refrain from weeping as Dorothy cries "Aunty Em" deserves to be locked in a tower for all eternity" the emotion that Judy Garland displays as Dorothy is amazing we all can feel her pain …show more content…

The film is was revived on Blu-Ray and DVD so now anyone can see it whenever wherever, this film not only has one of the most iconic female roles and one of the greatest examples of the hero journey, which definitely has influenced pretty much every epic quest tale from Star Wars to Harry Potter, but it also has a combination of drama, comedy, adventure and musical. This film is one of the rare movie phenomena that grandparents today can remember seeing as children, and that nostalgic feeling can be easily shared with her another generation of children, who can watch it now I'm high-definition. Most importantly, this film is a testament to the movies universal appeal that decades later, The Wizard of Oz is still significant culturally, from Halloween costumes to shows that do sing-along. Everyone should see the film multiple times it is a necessary film

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