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How does Tim Robbins’s direction of the execution scene in Dead Man Walking influence the viewer’s feelings about the death penalty in the USA?
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How does Tim Robbins's direction of the execution scene in Dead Man Walking influence the viewer's feelings about the death penalty in the USA? Dead Man Walking is a film based on the book of the same name - it recounts the experiences of Sister Helen Prejean, a nun from Louisiana. It focuses on her relationship with Matthew Poncelet, a convicted murderer on Death Row. There are five main themes that run through the film, and these are brought together during the execution scene. The themes are as follows: the ongoing suffering of the families of the victims of Poncelet's crime, the connections between Christianity and the death penalty, the gradual bonding of Helen Prejean and Matthew Poncelet, and that the death penalty is simply unpleasant. Robbins uses several different techniques to present the process of state execution as a very cold, clinical process. Close-ups are used to force the viewer to...
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