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“The Pawnbroker” and “Black Rain.”
“ The Pawn broker “ and “Black Rain” are films ,shot in black and white, tell the
stories of war’s survivors and their struggle to stay alive.
“The Pawnbroker” is a character study of Sol Nazerman. ... p1)
The black and white film begins idyllically in a grassy field with two children,a beautiful young woman, and cheerful father beckoning his children in open arms. ... ” The contrast with the happy image of the father indicates that tragedy has struck our protagonist, Sol Nazerman, a pawnbroker in upper midtown Manhattan”. ... At elderly black gentleman comes to the pawn shop with worthless items, not for money, but in hopes of having conversation with another person. ... p 2)
Nazerman allows his business to be used as a convenient money-laundering service by a small –time local racketeer, until he discovers the true source of this wealth, the exploitation of poor black woman in brothels, and links it to the hell that his own wife suffered at the hands of the Nazis. ...
“ Black rain” is the film by Japan’s director, Shohei Imamura, who shoots in beautifully textured black and white to tell the story of survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb who were contaminated by the fallout. ... p1)
The young woman Yasuko is caught in the “black rain” which fell soon after bombing. ...
“ The Pawnbroker” and “ Black Rain” are portraits of a group of human beings; of the death of a great city; of a nation crumbling into defeat.
Approximate Word count = 1221
Approximate Pages = 4.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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