The article mainly discusses the relationship between modern domestic architecture and film, that how modern architecture implies different characters’ personalities and actions. In the 20th century, there’s an interesting phenomenon that modernist buildings are usually connected to danger, transgression, or even crime. In contrast, the conventional accommodations usually represent traditional love and happiness. For example, in James Bond series, most criminals site their accommodations in remote, modern hide-aways. This stereotype has provided the audience an inertial way of thinking to connect modern buildings with evil plans and encouraged filmmakers to focus more on modern architecture design in films.
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You provided a concise and clear summary of the reading. How would you expand the discussion on the relationship between domestic architecture and film with your own examples or points?
Thank you for your reply. I think architecture can also imply the situation characters are in in the film. In the very first scene of the movie “钢的琴,” the protagonist stands beside his wife, who’s going to divorce him. Right behind them are two shed roofs. The one behind the man is shabby and damaged, implying that he is facing unemployment. The other one behind his wife is intact, indicating that she will marry a businessman in the city and become rich.