PAPER TOWNS (2015) is a coming-of-age film directed by Jack Schreier. This film was centered on the life of Quentin (Nat Wolff) and his enigmatic neighbor Margo (Cara Delevigne), who loved mysteries so much that she became one. After taking Quentin on an all-night adventure through their hometown, Margo suddenly disappears.
Only leaving behind cryptic clues for Quentin to decipher. PAPER TOWNS was adapted from the bestselling novel by author John Green (The Fault in Our Stars). Surprisingly, it gathered low score in any critic sites. One answer i can think of? because they failed to crack the hidden message on PAPER TOWNS, while Jack Schreier is somewhat a Margo in real life.
The semiotics analysis
To crack Jack's code, i use Semiotics theory by Ferdinand Saussure. Saussure stated thru his theory that every action is a sign. And in each case, the sign can be broken into two parts, the signifier and the signified. The signifier is the thing, item, or code that we ‘read’. And the signified is the idea or meaning that was expressed by the signifier. Here are the analysis.
Expectation is painful
PAPER TOWNS mainly telling stories about the victims of society expectation. This was signified by the positioning of the main actor, Quentin, who represents major society which tend to stuff their expectation toward other people. Quentin too, by the end of film, finally reflected upon his mistakes on placing hope and expectation to the main heroine, Margo.
Jack even goes to as far as discarding Margo, the supposedly heroine throughout the entire length film which resulted on her only made the brief appearances in the first and last segment of the film.
Personally, i think that it is a brilliant move. The absence of Margo throughout the entire film really made the strong foothold to the storytelling. One thing though, i think that Jack could have leave stronger impression if only he put on more effort to emphasis of the fragility of Margo toward the end of film. He successfully made Cara Delevigne a badass Margo in the start, yet the insecured version of Margo in the end are insufficient.
For all that matter, i think that PAPER TOWNS is a good film for any coming-of-age up to mid-life crisis person who wanted to discover more about their life.
Image: Rotten Tomatoes
Only leaving behind cryptic clues for Quentin to decipher. PAPER TOWNS was adapted from the bestselling novel by author John Green (The Fault in Our Stars). Surprisingly, it gathered low score in any critic sites. One answer i can think of? because they failed to crack the hidden message on PAPER TOWNS, while Jack Schreier is somewhat a Margo in real life.
The semiotics analysis
To crack Jack's code, i use Semiotics theory by Ferdinand Saussure. Saussure stated thru his theory that every action is a sign. And in each case, the sign can be broken into two parts, the signifier and the signified. The signifier is the thing, item, or code that we ‘read’. And the signified is the idea or meaning that was expressed by the signifier. Here are the analysis.
Expectation is painful
PAPER TOWNS mainly telling stories about the victims of society expectation. This was signified by the positioning of the main actor, Quentin, who represents major society which tend to stuff their expectation toward other people. Quentin too, by the end of film, finally reflected upon his mistakes on placing hope and expectation to the main heroine, Margo.
Jack even goes to as far as discarding Margo, the supposedly heroine throughout the entire length film which resulted on her only made the brief appearances in the first and last segment of the film.
Personally, i think that it is a brilliant move. The absence of Margo throughout the entire film really made the strong foothold to the storytelling. One thing though, i think that Jack could have leave stronger impression if only he put on more effort to emphasis of the fragility of Margo toward the end of film. He successfully made Cara Delevigne a badass Margo in the start, yet the insecured version of Margo in the end are insufficient.
For all that matter, i think that PAPER TOWNS is a good film for any coming-of-age up to mid-life crisis person who wanted to discover more about their life.
Image: Rotten Tomatoes
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