Little Women (2019)

Film

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Form & technique

The film's achronological narrative structure, cross-cutting between the March sisters' girlhood and adulthood.
The final scene where Jo March negotiates her book contract, demanding copyright ownership.
Alexandre Desplat's orchestral score, particularly the contrast between themes for the past and present.
The bifurcated color palette: golden, warm tones for the past and cool, desaturated blues for the present.

Tropes

Amy March's monologue in Europe about marriage as an economic proposition. → The Postfeminist Sensibility
The costumes of the March sisters, particularly their anachronistic elements and lack of corsetry.
The energetic, overlapping, and tumbling physicality of the March sisters' interactions in their youth.
The film's dual ending, showing Jo's romantic finale and her success as a single author.
The overlapping dialogue and choreographed, chaotic blocking of actors within the frame. → Auteur Theory