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In American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes, we are confronted with the permeating images that have consumed mainstream American life. ... In American Beauty, Mendes uses the voyeuristic tendencies of the spectator to acknowledge the constructed images. ...
American Beauty begins with the obvious constructed shot of a young teenage girl, shown through the use of a hand-held camera. ... There is no happiness between the two and the perfect American family image is beginning to deconstruct. ...
In American Beauty, Mendes constructs his images in order to ask the spectator to deconstruct, by looking closer. ... Mendes begs the spectator to try to see the beauty that this world has to offer. Like the roses, we can still bloom late and the appreciation for the beauty will last for eternity. Yet to reach a point to appreciate the beauty we must strip away the complex layers which we have surrounded ourselves with.
Approximate Word count = 850
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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