"O" Scene Response

The scene is early in the film when Hugo is first talking to Roger about his hatred for Oden. In Shakespeare's "Othello" the antiquated language may interfere in emotional interpertation of the scene for many modern readers. I like the visual portrayl of frustration in Hugo and felt the actor did a wonderful job of tranforming that frustation into the words of hate. The actor keeping his sweaty face against the wall as he begins to whisper his hatred, and the choice of dim lighting to further hidehis features helped to build to the dark emotional release, and set the tone for the story. I look at this first scene almost as a naration for the whole movie. The very next scene is Roger and Hugo sitting and casually talking about Hugo's plan. The tone is reset by changing the lighting on this scene as if to say the story will now begin. In the closing scenes the director once again used shading to hide the features of Hugo as he is driven away in the police car. The narritive at the end of this scene frames the entire plot. What Hugo says at the begining is not much different than what he has to say at the end.