Frederic Back Films

In the films we watched in class today, I have to say that I did like the story lines and the way that Frederic Back went about telling the stories, however his mediums that he used to produce the films, I was not a fan of. I did not like that "sketchy" drawing look about them and they way the lines were constantly moving, I found it hard to focus on the film, and it even distracted me from the story at times, especially in the film "The Man Who Planted Trees".

The story line in "The Man Who Planted Trees" was beautiful. The fact that the man changed his job of being a shepherd, to a beekeeper, because the sheep kept eating the trees. I think that it is just a beautiful concept that he cared more about nature and the trees he was creating around him than his job.

In "Rien", from the beginning of the story it was very obvious that he was retelling the creation story. Until, Adam and Eve began transforming into all of these different animals and creatures that they saw and wanted to be like. However, after the discussion I understood the point that Back was trying to make about how when God created them, the humans thought that they knew better than God, and they destroyed everything and were never satisfied by what their own desires were. I thought it was great way of getting people to understand that if you trust God, and allow him to be the ruler of your life and take control of your life, you will much happier with his decisions than your own.