Bread and Alley

The Bread and Alley is a very simple but effective film. The start of the film was very random but as you watch the film you come to understand it. This film is random with random passers by, I originally thought that the boy was in an nightmare where he couldn't escape but as the story developed I could see that the story is about the dog,  we see an old man then come by and the boy sees a light to get by the dog, as they walk down the alley the man turns of just before the dog. The boy then confronts the dog by throwing it a piece of bread, the dog was just hungry and is now following the dog for friendship and food as we come up the boys house his mother comes to the door, the dog is whimpering and the mother shuts the door in its face. As the dog lies down out side the gate another boy comes and the process starts again.

when we were lead to believe the story is about the boy I think its about the dog. I can remember my friends dog sat at the top of the stairs and to get by it you would always have to give him a biscuit. This film can be universally understood it doesn't matter what part of the world you are in. I hope to portray this in our own film.

This film was made in 1970 by Abbas Kiarostami i will talk more about him in future posts.

Here are some stills from Bread in Alley and my views on them:

This image portrays the childhood innocence and shows that we aren't just seeing acting but real life childhood innocence.

I love this still because it reminds me of the maze in Castlewellan I pictured this image just as a test shot as it shows being lost in ones self or a way of showing time traveling nicely from one scene to the next. Often we don't realise how quickly time passes and I feel this portrays this well.







Here is a link to Bread in Alley if you wish to watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJBhL7EY4Kg