Mysteries of Lisbon: Story and Structure

Authors

  • Marshall Deutelbaum Purdue University, Department of English, West Lafayette, IN 47907

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14591/aniki.v1n2.19

Keywords:

fabula, syuzhet, mise-en-scene, structure, echoing effect, Raúl Ruiz

Abstract

This essay analyzes the structure of Mysteries of Lisbon by reconstructing its story in chronological sequence and by examining how in place of the single character striving to achieve a goal or solve a puzzle as one would expect to discover at the heart of the typical classical Hollywood film, Mysteries of Lisbon employs an unusual, echoing structure between the film’s two parts that tightly interrelates the actions of multiple characters who appear otherwise to be related merely by apparent coincidence.

Author Biography

Marshall Deutelbaum, Purdue University, Department of English, West Lafayette, IN 47907

Marshall Deutelbaum is Professor Emeritus of English at Purdue University where he taught courses in film history and film theory. He is co-editor with Leland Poague of A Hitchcock Reader. He has written extensively about the films of Hong Sangsoo and is especially interested in the narrative structure, use of color, and visual logic of films.
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Published

2013-11-06

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014): Art and cinema

Section

Essays