Blog 6: Get Out

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    I have a special place in my hearts for Blum House Productions films, and Get Out is one of the best.  When we were told to watch this film for class I got excited. I have not seen this film for a couple of years, so I was able to refresh my memory. 

    I wanted to start off by talking about some suspenseful scenes that occurred at the beginning of the film. For example, the opening scene starts off with an African-American male on the phone with his girlfriend in search of her house. Suspense builds when a car slowly and suspiciously drives by playing the "run rabbit' song. The car suddenly stopped and the African-American man gets attacked.

    Emotion is a key point in this particular film. The emotion aspect of the film is what I will be focusing on during this blog. The movie builds emotion when  Chris and Rose are talking and getting ready to go visits Rose's family. She keeps reassuring him that her parents are not racist, but Chris still has his concerns about being in an interracial relationship. Rose and Chris are on the way to her parents house when they hit a deer (Rose is driving), however, when the cops [all white] show up they try to frame Chris, I believe it is because he is African-American. Rose then tells off the cop and he leaves.

    The scene intensifies on emotion when they arrive at Roses House. Chris notices the grounds keeper is of African-American descent. Chris meets Rose's parents [Dean and Missy] and what is really creepy is when during this scene, the groundskeeper is staring at them without moving at all. While at the house, Jeremy, Rose's brother is  drunkenly rambling on about fighting and tries to get Chris to fight. 

    Emotion heightens the same bight when  Chris could not sleep. He walks downstairs and sees Georgina. He then takes a smoke break outside and the groundskeeper starts darting directly at him. Then Georgina looking at herself in the window, which creeps Chris out. When he goes inside Missy tells Chris to sit with her. She begins questioning him and puts him in hypnosis. Chris begins to talk about the night his mother died. He cries and blames himself for his moms death and cant move, he is paralyzed and goes into the "The Sunken Place". However, he wakes up and thinks it is all a dream. 

    The next morning, Chris is talking to the groundskeeper [Walter] outside while taking photos. He builds suspicion because of Walters behavior. Now they are at the party, and the guests , who are all white, keep making racial statements. This is making Chris uncomfortable so he decides to take pictures to clear his mind. He is introduced to another African-American man named Logan King, but again is suspicious about his behavior. 

   More weird things begin to happen. For example, his phone keeps coming off the charger. He believes that it is Georgina. He tells his friend Rod about everything that has been happening. Rod arises some concern with what has been happening. Georgina comes in to talk to Chris and apologizes for the phone, but she is acting suspicious. She claims that the Armitage's are good people. but Chris thinks she is crazy. 

    

    Chris goes back outside and Chris is questioned about how it is being African-American. He blows off the question to Logan. Suspicious of his behavior, he chooses to snap a picture of Logan, however, he accidentally left his phone flash on. After he takes the picture Logans nose begins bleeding and then Logan beings yelling "GET OUT". This is where the movie starts taking another turn in a dark direction. I do not want to spoil the ending of this ground-breaking film, so all I will say is be safe and if someone yells "get out" at you, you better run and never look back.