Rush 6

My gram from the beginning of the movie was the curtain on one of the windows. As the movie progressed, i was enchanted by how the curtain ended up having symbolic significances on various levels.

Judy Garland sings a song about her interesting neighbor from behind her curtain. The thin translucent layer of cloth is a powerful separator of the two realms- her home and the neighbor's home, where the object of her attention lives. Just like the mobius strip, the curtain is separating two worlds which we know will finally come to be one.

After the farewell party for her brother, Judy Garland wants to spend time alone with the guy she likes. She is not brave enough to make a move until he walks out of the house and they are separated by the mesh door. As soon as he is on the other side of the door, she realizes that if she doesn't do something now, it will be too late. The thin mesh suddenly created the other realm by separating them. This gave her the urgency to make her move and invite him in to help her turn off the lights. 

Rush 5

My gram at the beginning of the movie Wizard of Oz was the fence around the pig sty in the farm. As the movie progressed, Dorothy lands in Oz and sees the munchkins for the first time. The munchkin land has a garden where really tiny wooden fences separated flower beds. It seemed interesting to me that the first fence held pigs(stinky) whereas the second fence held flowers(fragrant).

Later on, she and her friends walk along the yellow brick road. The road passes through different terrains like meadows, forests, etc, but the road is same throughout, as if it was just a ribbon unfurled on top of the land. It seemed to me like an invisible fence separated the road from the land around it. Also, the good witch told Dorothy that she would be safe as long as she stayed on the yellow brick road. So that means that there was some invisible power looking after her which could help her only if she stayed within the boundary(fence) of the road.

Towards the end of the movie when Dorothy and friends reach the Emerald city which is surrounded by a high wall, which i likened to the fence. Here, the fence was hindering her rather than protecting her. 

Rush 3

My gram from the beginning of 'Devdas' were the white sheets that were used to cover furniture in Devdas's room.

In the second half of the movie, Devdas's dad dies and everyone at the wake is wearing white. The body of his father is also draped in white. White in this case depicts the pureness and peacefulness of his departed soul as it sheds all the trappings of his high and mighty material life. One hopes that at least in death, he has attained calm and peace.

By the end, Devdas is really sick and about to die. His white clothes get stained with blood and dirt, symbolizing his downfall. 

Rush 2

At the beginning of the movie, Devdas’s mom is excited about his arrival the next day, and runs to his room to remove the white sheets that she had used to cover all the furniture in his room. These white sheets were my gram.

For a long time as we viewed the movie, I don’t remember seeing any more white fabric or clothing, but was not surprised at this marked absence. The super colorful and vibrant world that is depicted in the first half of the movie didn’t allow any surface to be devoid of color. But towards the end of our viewing, Devdas is at his friend's place, and they're both wearing white. I think that this change in color also marks a shift to a more sombre mood in the movie.