Reaction Paper: The Fly
With
the film The Fly’s story and plot, I can say that it is entertaining and
interesting. Also, disturbing; the fact that the film started with a fly, a
wife killing his husband and ending with the scientist exchanged faces with a
fly is plainly disturbing. But that made the audience, including me, to pay
more attention and made us want to finish the whole film.
Andre,
the husband, wanted to have his innovation perfect which is undeniably a trait
that a good scientist should possess. At first, he tried his innovation with
lifeless objects and with his curiosity; he tried it with their pet cat and
even himself which resulted to an accident that he exchanged faces with a mere
fly. With that, I can say that the film could be considered a morality play. It
is whether to use animals in something just to be able to perfect a science
innovation even if it is to kill them or not. Moreover, it gave lessons to the
audience.
I was
amazed by the fact that people during 1950’s were into science and already into
advancing their technology. They were already studying teleportation which in
the present is still impossible. People were so curious and eager to discover
something new that would make life easier. In the film’s case, it was not a
successful discovery but a harmful one. Science and technology was still an
exploration during the 1950’s.
Regina Alyssa L. Bargola
2013 – 68055
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