Mythology of Prisoners: Themes and Motifs
Let's look at Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners from an different angle. We'll try to understand the main motifs, how they manifest themselves and how they reveal the themes of the movie. We have already done some similar cultural analysis on Netflix's DARK, indie survival-horror SIGNALIS, J Nolan's Westworld and Fincher's Se7en. This time we will focus on motifs and themes even more.
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00:00 — Intro
00:10 — Why this video exists
02:53 — Disclaimer
03:03 — Why movie named like that?
04:07 — Motifs in films
06:02 — Motif #1: Prisons
08:09 — Motif #2: Mazes
12:49 — Motif #3: Religion
16:19 — Main theme of the movie
18:37 — Outro