'The Dressmaker' Analysis Quiz

What are the themes in 'The Dressmaker'

Uncovering the Truth

Love and Loss

War

Transformation

What do we see or hear that tells us the ilm is influenced by the Western Genre.

Slow pans of the dry landscape

Fast editing and car chases

Harmonica and Banjo during chase action

A succession of close up reaction shots

The verbal motif of Barney repeated 'She Moved' tells us more about which theme?

Uncovering the truth

Travel

Dancing

The action of young men jumping into a silo foreshadows which unfortunate incident later in the film?

Tilly's mum dying

Teddy's death in the silo

The arrest of Sergeant Farrat

The leafless dead looking trees in the town of Dungetar are symbolic of what?

The mystery in the universe

The marriage of Gertrude and William Beaumont

The lifeless and unloving town

Director Jocelyn Moorhouse explores the power of women and men. Tilly exploits her beauty to demonstrate her power by showing what?

Beautiful red dress and shoes

Shopping list

The audience is challenged by the scenes of abuse and injustice. Physical and verbal comedy often follow these scenes and is used to achieve what?

Light hearted entertainment

Relief of tension

What possible final message is left for the audience when the film concludes?

It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all

Two wrongs don't make a right

The truth in the past will always one day come out

Always stay true to who you are

Live by the sword, die by the sword

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