Falling Down – Textual analysis
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Falling Down - Textual analysis The film Falling Down opens with a camera view of the main character, in the credits he is called D-FENS which refers to his number plate but I will refer to him ad MD through this analysis because it is shorter, and refers to the actors name (Michael Douglas). The scene is set on a traffic packed motorway, this is a very good place for the film to explore how irritable and impatient the American people are when things go wrong, it can bring out the worst, angry and annoyed sides of people, this can refer to the title 'Falling Down', this motorway scene shows the falling down of American culture. There are many signs in the opening scene; the first thing I noticed was that the scene had a reddish tint to it. This could be a sign to set an atmosphere of a hot...


