After the Wedding- Jeremy B

Their were many dynamics in the film, After The Wedding. one of the most prominent ones was man vs nature. Throughout the film the main characters had to eventually deal with a struggle that faith through at them that for the most part they failed to catch. The most important one would be Jorgen and his illness. Throughout the movie, Jorgen is seen as a god by both his company and his family, controlling the fate of both with merely a whim. His majestic loving side is represented with his interaction of his family while his sovereignty was symbolized by his mastery of his company. However, the side of god that some view as enigmatic and sometimes cruel would be his interactions with Jacob. For example, when Jacob and Jorgen are in Jorgen's office discussing Jacob's past attempts to better the conditions in India, Jorgen is telling Jacob of all his projects and their success or failure. The way that he revealed this information made him appear all knowing and his criticism of them personified him as malevolent. Jacob was left speechless and angry when he realized that Jorgen knew this information and assessed his work with a nonchalant and aloof air, as if he were above Jacob. one good scene that really casts Jorgen as Christ would be the company dinner where while the table was round, the camera made it appear that he was at the head of the table. This scene was cast to make it look like the last supper, the final night that Jesus spent with his disciples. At the same time that Jorgen was himself all powerful in his element, his terminal illness put him in the role as an average man made of mere flesh. While he remained strong and at times struck out with righteous, furious anger, he had lapses of weakness. Two scenes would be when he is sitting in his den and when he has his mental breakdown. After he has an argument with his wife and is sitting in his study, the camera starts taking extreme close ups at canted angles of the heads of all the animals Jorgen has killed. This scene is a metaphor for Jorgen's ultimate role in the universe, reminding both he and the audience that we all have only so long to live. the last and most powerful scene is when Jorgen falls to his knees sobbing about his fear of death. After showing so much power and serenity in throughout his act of getting everything arranged for after his death, cracks under the future that has been looming over him since his daughter's wedding.