Jixi Gu

International Department, Nanjing No.1 Middle School, Nanjing, China, 210006

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i05-70

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ABSTRACT

The American film and television production “Breaking” (originally titled 892) is an independent film of a documentary nature. Through the experience of a veteran, the film reveals the tragedy under the illusion of so-called fairness and justice in American society. The stark social realism is the biggest highlight of this film. Through interpreting the multiple spatial narratives in the film, the paper analyses the elements of reality criticism in the events, and unearths the profound social criticism and cultural reflection contained in the film.

KEYWORDS:

Film review; Spatial narrative; Critique of reality; Geographical space; communication space; Psychological space

REFERENCES
1) Marie-Laure Ryan. Kenneth Foote, Maoz Azaryahu, Narrating space/Spatializing narrative: where narrative theory and geography meet. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2016.

2) Pete Hammond, Sundance review: John Boyega and Michael Kenneth Williams in “892”. Deadline, 2022. (https:// deadline.com/2022/01/sundance-review-john-boyega-and-michael-kenneth-williams-in-892-1234916892/)

3) Peter Deruge, Breaking’ review: a bank robbery makes a statement in this indie true-crime story. Variety, 2022. (https:// variety.com/2022/film/reviews/breaking-review-892-john-boyega-1235159038/)

Volume 07 Issue 05 May 2024