Some Like It Hot
Movie: 1959, 122 minutes, black and white
-Directors: Billy Wilder
-Actors: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Two Jazz musicians are lucky when they escape a police raid at the underground bar they play for but when an Italian Mob Boss discovers they are witnesses to his murder of several men they must get away. They pose as women in order to be able to leave the city and keep their lives.
How does music play a big role in the film?
Both men are musician and Sugar makes a comment that she swoons for Saxophone players so already music is a grand idea. Both men disguise themselves as women in order to be able to travel with the all girl band so they can escape the mob boss who is after them. Also the instruments are vital to they’re discovery, when the mob boss arrives he sees the bullet wholes on the instruments and is sure it is them. Music also reveals how devastated Monroe is when her love Junior embarks on his trip unknowing to her it is in fact Tony Curtis all along. The song she sings at the end when she is sad is the song that pushes Curtis’ character to reveal himself to her in an effort to cheer her up because he can’t stand seeing her sad.
How does framing play an important role in our indentifying how the men transformed into women?
It is the through the full frame and medium frame that we are introduced to the two men as they’re women selves. They are walking to the train in the first scene we don’t see them as men and now we see them as women, they’re high heels showcased and they’re new wardrobe. Also the medium frame adds a sense of comedy because it showcases how manly they’re arms and backs are. The close up allows us to see the men’s expressions of feminine attitude they try to portray. They’re make up and they’re overall sense of femininity.
