Stan Ridgway

Walking Home Alone

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FILMMAKING TECHNIQUES

 -Barton Fink:
Barton Fink is a 1991 American film, written, directed, and produced by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a movie studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie, the insurance salesman who lives next door at the run-down Hotel Earle.


 -Joel & Ethan Coen:
 Joel David Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957) known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers. Their films include Blood Simple, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men, and True Grit.
The brothers write, direct and produce their films jointly, although until recently Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing. They often alternate top billing for their screenplays while sharing film credits for editor under the alias Roderick Jaynes.


John Turturro
Highly talented, lightly built Italian American actor who always looks unsettled and jumpy has become a favourite of cult/arthouse film aficionados with his compelling performances in a broad range of cinematic vehicles. Has become a regular in the thought provoking films of Spike Leeand the off the wall comedies of Joel Coen & Ethan Coen  Ethan Coen...See full bio »

Born:

 John Michael Turturro
February 28, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne (1988–1997) for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993, and for providing the voice of Sully in Monsters, Inc. As a film actor, he has frequently collaborated with the Coen Brothers, including in Raising Arizona,Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?.










 

GREEN DAY

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

1) 
The lexical field of loneliness includes words such as "only one", "empty", "alone" and "lonely". The imagery  associated with it is found in the lines 1, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11.They also connote ideas of isolation, rejection, regret and basically unhappiness. Besides, this convey a feeling of loss and lack as if the singer was lacking love, friendship and affection.


2) 
     Line 11: "My shallow heart that's beating"
     Line 14/15: "The line that divides me"
     Line 20: "Check my vital signs... I'm still alive"
     
These are three images closely related to the body and mind, with a common point between them. it sounds as if the man is lifeless, probably because his life doesn't have sense to him as he has no reason for living. He needs love/hope to fill  his heart/ mind, in order to feel alive.
     

3) 
The topographical reference included in the title is "boulevard" which refers to a wide road usually full of people, lines with trees and shops. So it connotes luxury, dreams, money, glamour, happiness, fame (the famous Sunset Boulevard) but in this song it's full of broken dreams. Then we find three other kinds/types/ sorts of topographical references:

•  A road is mentioned but it is said to have no destination; "don't know where it goes" even though a road usually leads somewhere.
• A street is also mentioned but it's empty where as streets usually convey ideas of activity, crowded side walks heavy traffic.
• The "city sleeps" whereas big cities usually never sleeps as they are always very busy lively... Therefore, it seems that all these places are lifeless, like the main character of the song

4) CONCLUSION

The "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is a metaphor for the ups and downs anybody can go through in their lives. Everybody experiences hardships and has their dreams and hopes shattered because life isn't a "bed of roses". When this happens, we often feel depressed, lonely, sad, like the singer of this song.