Marie Antoinette

    Overall, I really enjoyed watching Marie Antoinette. I thought it was interesting how Coppola blended comedy into a rather historic film. A scene in particular that I really liked was the extreme close up shot Marie crying when she found out King Louis's sister had a baby before her. During the majority of the film, Marie Antoinette was constantly having people in her ear about having a baby and fulfilling the Austrian-Franco alliance. Everyone like her mom, her brother, the French King, and all of France were applying immense pressure on her. Marie Antoinette always felt this heavy weight on her shoulders and embarrassed of her rather "crumbling" marriage. When she found out that King Louis's sister had a baby before her, Marie felt incredibly embarrassed and upset and ran to her room to cry alone. 

    In this scene, the camera filmed Marie crying in a close up shot. This really captured Marie's pain and sorrow and conveyed those emotions to the audience. However, I found that it was quite interesting that even though Marie looked like she was crying, no tears were shed. I believe that Coppola kept this scene like this because it showed how drained Marie Antoinette was. She was so drained from all of the comments that were being made about her behind her back, and even to her face, that she couldn't even form tears. The shot eventually starts to expand out towards the ceiling, showing Marie balled up on the floor in the corner. I believe that this shows how lonely and isolated she feels in France. This wide shot also shows the incredibly fancy, golden decorated walls and furniture as well as Marie's fancy ballgown dress. I believe that this illustrates that even though Marie has everything she could ever want in the world, she still feels sad, lonely and overwhelmed.