Análisis cinematográfico de El aceite de la vida / Lorenzo’s Oil (1992)
- Aijón Oliva, José 1
- Salazar Alonso-Villalobos, Valentín 1
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Universidad de Salamanca
info
ISSN: 1885-5210
Ano de publicación: 2005
Volume: 1
Número: 1
Páxinas: 3-6
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Revista de medicina y cine
Resumo
Lorenzo’s oil is a movie that adapts itself perfectly to the script paradigm promulgated by Syd Field: a structure of three acts with a trigger in its planning, an easily distinguishable first plot point, a midpoint in its core, a clearcut second plot point and a climax in its unravelling. This film, which could have been no more than a ";movie star vehicle";, offers quite a lot of interesting details such as some sub-plot, certain symbolisms, some well-defined characters, some camera movements... However, it also has certain shortcomings as for its screenplay (which sometimes falls into an easy sentimentalism). The movie offers an approach and a quite simple explanation to such a little-known illness as ALD. Nevertheless, in the picture the desease is just a dramatic device to present us a family that suffers and fights against all kinds of barriers.