Outline for Night Zoo (Part 1)

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Outline for Night Zoo (Part 1)

• I. Introduction to the director - Jean- Claude
  Lauzon
• II. The Personality of the Characters
• A. The Father
• B. The Son - Marcel
• III. The change of Father Sons
  relationship-isolation to intimacy
• A. Sons Affection towards Father
• B. The Father caring for his son

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Outline for Night Zoo (Part II)

• IV. The Black Society and the Status of Female
• V. Discussion of the Background
• A. Color and its Meaning
• B. Sound and its Meaning
• C. Occasion and Its Meaning
• VI. Conclusion -How Marcel should deal with the
  life between the dark world and his father's love
  world ?

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Introduction to Jean-Claude Lauzon

• A. Born in Montreal (1953-1997)
• B. Studied cinema in Los Angeles
• C. Won reputation by his film and buoyant
  incendiary character
• D. He indulged in hunting, fishing and flying
• E. His two films Un zoo la nuit, leolo
• F. Died through a plane crash with his girlfriend 

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The Fathers Personality

• Father weak, lack of masculinity, being
  oppressed, being ignored.
• 1.      without personal space, living in his
  friends home, being bothered while showering..
  the bird in the cage moved to the tiny, humid
  bathroom.
• 2.      bad heart condition, his friend wanted
  him to move out.. minority among minority.
• 3.      watching TV, reading the newspaper, a
  devout Christian.
• 4.      his wife left him.. being objected by a
  woman.
• 5.      his son didnt care about him.. losing
  the dignity of a father.
• 6.      the hunting skills no longer existed..
  losing his masculinity.

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The Sons Personality (Part I)

• Son man of action, individualistic, bad at
  communication, being oppressed, being isolated.
  Unawareness?oppression?awareness?revenge.
• 1.      being trapped by the police into the jail
  because of hiding the money of the drugs..
  innocence.
• 2.      being ?? in the jail.. weak in the jail,
  irresistible.

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The Sons Personality (Part II)

• 3.      being seduced by the police but fighting
  back after being released.. man of action,
  knowing the black side of the society.
• 4.      being threatened and oppressed by the
  police.. being hunted, minority.
• 5.      communicating with others by the
  answering machine.. bad at communication.
• 6.      making love with the ex-girlfriend.. man
  of action.
• 7.      taking revenge on the police with his
  friend.. man of action, revenging directly.
• 8.      music and art works filling the
  warehouse.. artistic, isolated.

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Marcels Affection toward his Father - intends to
cheer his father up after sensing his weakness

• 1. After Marcel got out from the jail
• a.  he went back to his fathers house
• b.  father took a risk of carrying drugs and
  money to him
• 2.  Went fishing Clip 2
• (the park, fishing, birthday party)
• 3.  Albert being sent to the hospital
• a.  Marcel followed behind the ambulance
• b.  Hunting at the zoo Clip 3
• c.  Taking care of Albert at home
• d.  Lied naked beside his father Clip 4

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The Father Caring for his Son - the
unidirectional to two-way communication

• 1.  Before he brought drugs and money to Marcel
• a. picking him up at the jail Clip 1
• b.  talking to the answering machine
• c.  putting the picture of Virgin Mary in
  substitute for drugs money
• 2.   Risking danger to carry money and drugs to
  Marcel
• 3.  Went fishing
• a.  sitting behind Marcel on a motor-bike
• b.  birthday party

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The Black Society

• Police supplied the drug----in the jail.  Being
  buggered. (clip5)
• Outsider Silence In the restroom of the little
  restaurant----the sound of gun shot didnt make
  people care their business.  (clip6)
• Being chased and spied by the two police.
• Minority among minority----oppression from the
  society
• Existence of peek houses----one factor of the
  black society.
• Homosexuality----although its approved by the
  society, therere still many people against it!
  Bad effects presented in this film.
• As for the religion, theres no obvious
  regulation----father didnt correct the sons
  misbehavior.

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The Status of Female

• For the father, women can encourage him.
• Lower status----minority among minority (sexual
  object?).

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Color and Its Meaning (Part 1)

• 1.Characters color
• a. Alberts color gloomy/ yellow/ orange/red
• b. Marcels color dark/ black
• 2. Backgrounds color
• a. Jail black with the contrasting white
• b. The society black
• c. Natural scene gray and blue (on the lake)
  with vague image

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Color and Its Meaning (Part II)

• 3. Objects color
• a. Colorful paintings in Marcels barn
  contrast to his black outfit
• b. The white car (gift for Albert) contrast
  to the black money
• c. The red blanket of Albert contrast to his
  weakness
• d. The white sheet return to innocence and
  childhood (lying naked in bed )

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Sound and Its Meaning

• 1. Animals howl indicates the back guys
  (George and Charlie) presence or threats
• 2. Messages representative of Marcel and the
  relationship with others
• 3. Imitation of the mooses sound
  encouragement for Albert and sign of masculinity
• 4. Music on the motorcycle energetic/ young

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Occasion and Its Meaning

• 1. The jail black side of the society
• 2. The little restaurant/ the hotel/ the peek
  house cruel reality contains violence
• 3. The barn/ home for Albert confined spaces
• 4. The zoo place of realization with
  controllable situation
• 5. The lake and fishing beautiful but distant,
  peaceful but colorless

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Conclusion

• How Marcel should deal with the life between the
  dark world and his father's love world?