Review Questions for I Don’t Want to Talk About It (De eso no se habla):
 

Read first Karen Jaene’s in-depth review of the film in the class web page.

I. Read in the class web page Maria Luisa Bemberg’s views about film making from her perspective as a woman. How are those ideas reflected in this film?

II. Maria Luisa Bemberg has explained that she wanted to create the feeling of a fairy tale story for this film. What elements of the story underline this fairy tale quality and what cinematic techniques are employed to create this athmosphere?
Some technical elements you might ellaborate upon are the role of the music score, the use of the camera, lighting, and narrative technique, among others.
How is this atmosphere related to the theme of the film? Why?

III. Explain the meaning of the film dedication “to all people who have the courage to be different in order to be themselves”? How is the issue of difference represented in the film? Analyze the process of  acceptance or deviance from cultural norms, and the central role of the body as a marker of cultural, racial, gender  or physical “difference” and as a site of struggle for/against conformity.
 

IV. Why is the use of language -speaking/not speaking, narrating, naming, and silencing- central in this film? How does the film show the power that is invested in language and knowledge?  What needs to be silenced? Why?
 

Remember that you must acknowledge and cite your sources if you use them in your paper!