We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
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Locations
- Kevin's final exchange with Eva in prison
Form & technique
- The film's subjective sound design
- The film's non-linear narrative structure
- The recurring visual motif of the color red
Tropes
- Eva's visceral relationship with Kevin → Maternal Abjection
- Translation of the novel's epistolary form to the screen
- The film's generic classification → The Cinematic Chimera
- Tilda Swinton's physical performance as Eva
- The desecration of Eva's home office
- The film's focus on surfaces and textures → Haptic Visuality
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