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(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Film

DirectorMarc Webb

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Form & technique

The film's non-linear timeline
Use of The Smiths' music → Cultural Capital
The "Expectations vs. Reality" split-screen sequence → The Cinematic Echo Chamber
The Narrator's voice-over
The recurring blue color motif → Chromatic Symbolism

Tropes

Tom Hansen's character arc
Summer Finn's characterization
Depiction of Los Angeles architecture → Cinematic Psychogeography

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