After having the most interesting boredom for the first three minutes of the film, the audience then experiences a sort of awakening when Wes Anderson displays the hotel in its state in 1968 as The Author (Jude Law) changes age and demeanor to his younger more stylized self as well as the lighting and colors are beginning to vary a little more in brightness than they did in the previous two cuts. ... Again the common theme is that the audience is being confused, amused, but also diverted after Zero and The Author make their acquaintance to have dinner and learn the story of a lonely man who s...

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However, the themes of Expressionism were integrated into later films of the 1920s and 1930s, resulting in an artistic control over the placement of scenery, light, and shadow to enhance the mood of a film. ...

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