Movie Review: Passenger

Passenger's movie scene.


     I see that the woman in this image is more active than the male. It is showing a male fantasy element. The man in this image will feel that he is wanted by this woman. According to the Mulvey’s theory, skopophilia can be applied in this image because both of them are looking each other as an erotic object, seen both of them arouse sexual desire. In other way, in the modern day, women are more active than the men. Not only that, exhibitionism in Mulvey’s theory also can be applied in this image, this is because the woman is crawling and exposing herself to the man and her action also showing that she wants something from the man. Besides, the man’s action is also showing that let the woman take the initiative to him. It is also showing that the male gaze and female gaze is different in this image, this is because the man in this image is doing the looking, he is only looking at the woman and waiting for the woman to go to his side. I think that there is a hidden ideologue in this image, because it is showing that both of them need each other to fulfil their sexual desire by their body action.

Reference:
Mulvey, L 1989, Visual and Other Pleasures, Macmillan, Basingstoke, England.

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