A Field In England: the appeal of arthouse film

1. One of the audience pleasures of watching an arthouse film is that it is different to your usual Hollywood film, there is a difference with the narrative of the film as a Hollywood film will always be predictable. The arthouse genre usually moves away from this and goes for something that is creative and different to the audience.

Another audience pleasure is the way that the film is told, it is seen to come across in a completely different way which challenges the mindset of the audience as the films that are usually seen to be simplistic and repetitive throughout Hollywood films.

2. One struggle with arthouse films is that sometimes the films are in other languages and there are subtitles at the bottom of the screen which draws the audiences attention to the subtitles rather than the film itself meaning they miss what's happening in the film or what's been said.

Another struggle is that the arthouse theme doesn't fit in with Todorovs equilibrium theory which is there is a equilibrium, the equilibrium is then distrusted causing something to happen but at the end there is a new equilibrium which has been created. This is a struggle as those watching the film won't know what's going on or may even struggle to figure out what the film is about.

3. Arthouse films are seen to be those who are elderly but also those who are of a middle class status. This is because of the films being in other languages or the fact that it requires more intelligence and more thinking in order to understand what is going on in the film and what exactly it's about. Films such as 'Donnie Darko' which has a more psychological theme to it requires another point of view to understand the film rather than Hollywood films just giving away the whole narrative.

4. I think that 'A Field In England' would appeal to a more elderly middle class audience as they respect more historical films. Also, the film being in black and white would discourage a younger audience as they want to see more modern films but also films that are in colour. Those who are of a younger age won't be appreciative of the cultural view that the film has to offer but rather find it to be more boring and dull than films that are more likely to interest them.