Rubber is a film directed by Quentin Depieux which takes you through the journey of a tire that comes to life in California, kills objects and people with psychic powers who is watched by an audience with binoculars. The films main theme is loneliness. Through the film the tyre encounters everything alone, takes on every journey and every situation alone and could possibly be the reason for they tyres anger in the first place.
Ray Morton, writer and script analyst discusses Screenplay Theme in his focal points for a film. His first two steps in making a well-constructed movie are based on theme. You must first ‘make sure you have a clear grasp on your theme. This gives your film the point you want to make; the lesson you want to teach; the message you want to convey. It is the foundation upon which the rest of the story is built (Moreton 2009). Rubber’s theme of loneliness is set straight from the beginning in the first Act. Set in the baron wilderness of the Californian desert, amongst sand, wildlife, deserted rubbish and tumble weed.
The next tip he gives is to ‘make sure that all elements within the script affect the theme’. He expalains that you must have a portagonist’ who is the exact opposite to the theme who will eventually prove the films theme or message by having ‘that character journey along a path that will land him at exactly the point the theme is trying to make by the end of the story. The characters in Rubber are human. They prove the message of loneliness not only by the setting but by the obsession with killing him; its rubber to fend for himself, no family, no friends, no support.
Rubber is a movie with the underlying theme of loneliness. This is proved from the very beginning of the movie and is carried the whole way throughout. It is the message, the essence and the driving force of the film to which obstacles are overcome. The viewer leaves the movie with the underlying theme and message of the movie long after the credits roll. Without the theme, the movie would be nothing but a tire going on a rampage, killing for no purpose and the viewer would be left empty; without the theme, there is no meaning.
Goldman, W 2011. The Paradigm Worksheet, viewed 25 August, 2011.
<http://www.sydfield.com/featured_theparadigmworksheet.htm>
Morton, R 2009. Focal Points: Screenplay Theme, Structure and Characters, viewed 25 August 2011.
<http://www.movieoutline.com/articles/focal-points-screenplay-theme-structure-and-characters.html>
Rubber (Official Movie Website) 2011. Viewed 25 August 2011,
<http://www.rubberthemovie.com>
Horrow Comedy challenge. Image, viewed 25 August 2011,
<http://www.filmrant.net/horror-comedy-challenge/>
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