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Get Out (2017)

Film

DirectorJordan Peele

Meta takes4

Figures

Characters

The character of Rod Williams and the comedic relief he provides

Objects & symbols

The arrival of the police car in the film's climax
The recurring motif of the deer → The Empty Vessel

Locations

The Sunken Place

Form & technique

The camera flash freeing Andre/Logan

Tropes

Rose's duplicitous behavior → Dramaturgical Analysis
The silver spoon stirring the teacup → The Unseen Soundscape
The Armitages' obsession with Blackness (e.g., "I would have voted for Obama a third time")
The "Coagula" brain transplantation procedure
The cotton bursting from the armchair → The Commodity Fetish
Georgina's tear while smiling
The ideology of the Armitage family and their cult

Films most connected to Get Out

Fight Club (1999) — via The Commodity Fetish, Dramaturgical Analysis
The Shape of Water (2017) — via The Commodity Fetish, The Empty Vessel
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) — via The Commodity Fetish, The Unseen Soundscape
Requiem for a Dream (2000) — via The Commodity Fetish, The Unseen Soundscape
Macadam Stories (2015) — via Dramaturgical Analysis
The Forest of Love (2019) — via Dramaturgical Analysis
Inglourious Basterds (2009) — via Dramaturgical Analysis
Brazil (1985) — via The Empty Vessel