Postmodernism:
''a late 20th-century style and concept in the arts, architecture, and criticism, which represents a departure from modernism and is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier style and conventions, a mixing of different artistic style and media, and a general distrust of theories'' - Dictionary
1) The music within the film is from the musical 'The Sound of Music'.
2) The film juxtaposes the musical genre by mixing the seemingly jolly reputation of the genre with a dark storyline in which Selma is loosing her eyesight, along with her son, who has the same condition.
3) The film is a pastiche of the musical genre and a dark storyline created by Selma, who merges her love of music into her life.
4) The film includes scenes in which the factory noises merge into a much more orchestral number, creating a sense of mise-en-abyme.
5) The film is fragmented. It is shot on a cheap hand held camera along with a broken up plot which make the audience question if they are actually watching a musical or not.
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