Je t'aime John Wayne

'Je t'aime John Wayne' is a 2000 short film directed by Toby McDonald and written by Luke Ponte, following a day of Belmondo- a man who is trying so hard to be a cool Frenchman when in fact he is a middle class Brit living in his 1960s Parisian fantasy.

In my opinion, this short comedy was really entertaining to watch because of it's sense of humour. I felt like Kris Marshall played the character very well, portraying Belmondo just as much in facial expressions and comedic timing as his dialogue. The film emphasised the main characters delusion of self importance for comedic effect really well, for the use of low angles make him seem more impressive but we can see the irony of this as the audience because we can see though his "cool" facade.

Throughout the short there are editing and camera techniques, as well as the mise-en-scene, that pay homage to the style of film making that was popularised in the French new wave of cinema of the 60s. For example, in the scene when they are running down the stairs of the cinema the director made use of jump cuts, which is a technique that was first experimented with in this era to draw attention to the constructed nature of the film as opposed to continuity editing.

Overall, the film was extremley entertaining throughout and put a fresh comedic take on a very classic and often serious style of film making.

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