I just want to say that not revealing the main character's name in the whole film was one of the best ideas in a film I have ever seen. The lack of explanations in that film was a lengthened version of what I would like to use in my intro. Brilliant.
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I agree with your point about concealing the protagonsist's name throughout the film. What did you think about the film's mise en scene and cinematography?
I can't really remember a lot of these, but I remember finding that everything about the main character in the film was very clean and orderly, reflecting his character and way of life, which I liked. The camera angles were also very clever, often using very simple ideas very well, such as having 3 characters walk in a perfect line, and haveing the camera lined up perfectly infront of the man in the middle, to show who the important character is, which brings me onto another point. A large part of this film is the idea of moving up the ladder, or "layer cake", and the camera and mise-en-scene reflects this, either by having the head of the gang at the head of the table, or by putting somebody more important than somebody else in a nicer chair. This idea is key to the plot, showing the rise of Daniel Craig, and how he breaks the rule, deciding to quit, and therefore gets shot, possibly to tell us that there is no outside to the layer cake.
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