In Denial, In Pain, In Bruges | A Video Essay

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In Bruges is not a film that could have been set anywhere else. It is a setting that is baked into every aspect of this movie and in this video, I aim to untangle all the different ways it can be interpreted.
Some scenes from the film are distorted to get around RU-vid’s content ID system. I’m not currently sure if there is a better way to resolve this, but this is my solution for now. If a scene looks too zoomed in, or its cut weirdly and doesn’t match with what I’m saying, this is likely why. I have tried to minimise these edits as much as possible and still have the video be viewable.
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Bibliography
Abigail Thorne, Suic!de and Ment@l He@lth | Philosophy Tube ★, 2018 ( • Suic!de and Ment@l He@... )
Albert Camus, The Stranger, 1942
Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, 1942
Catherine O’Brien, In Bruges: Heaven or Hell?. Literature & Theology, Vol. 26. No. 1, March, pp. 93-105, 2011
Charlotte Brunsdon, London in cinema, 2007
David Clare, A Belgian town as Purgatory and an Irish gangster as Christ in Martin McDonagh's "In Bruges"'. Emerging Perspectives 3(1), pp. 47-60, 2012
Geoff King, Striking a balance between culture and fun: ‘quality’ meets hitman genre in In Bruges. New Review of Film and Television Studies, Vol. 9. No. 2, pp. 132-151, 2011
Irina Melnikova, In(visible) Bruges by Martin McDonagh. Journal of European Studies 43(1) pp. 44-59, 2013
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges (shooting script), 2006
Michele Aaron, Death and the Moving Image, 2015
Music Used
In Bruges: Prologue, Carter Burwell, 2008
In Bruges: On Ranglan Road, The Dubliners, 2008
In Bruges: I Didn’t Want to Die, Carter Burwell, 2008
In Bruges: Thugs Passing in the Night, Carter Burwell, 2008

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@shemjeffs2953 Год назад

Even before I fully understood the film, I always thought the final line 'and I really hoped I wouldn't die' was brilliant

@JoJoJoker 2 года назад

In Bruges deserves more praise and attention. Something I just caught, despite seeing it well over a dozen times, is was when Ken says “Gotta get rid of me coins” when going up to the tower. The cashier forces him to use paper money. Ken later uses those same coins to alert Ray before jumping off the tower. In the end, he does get rid of his coins.

@NotMeNaNaNa 6 месяцев назад

It wasn’t that he didn’t take coins, it’s that he wouldn’t let him slide being a few cents short. Contrast that with Harry offering him 100 Euro to let him up when the tower was closed and the cashier not only turned him down but thought he had the power to poke him in the head and antagonize him for the bribe. Oh and even better is the tower was closed b/c the same tourist that Ray mocked earlier for being too fat to climb up had a heart attack doing it anyways. If only Ray knew that he nearly saved a man’s life especially with all his grief over the life he accidentally took.

@JoJoJoker 6 месяцев назад

@@NotMeNaNaNa I interpreted it as Ray was correct but his demeanor upset the man. This caused him to have a heart attack. He was out of breath from chasing Ray and then climbed a flight of stairs.

@NotMeNaNaNa 6 месяцев назад

@@JoJoJoker I think he was gonna have it whether or not he was out of breath chasing Ray. Also I found it funny that in an otherwise perfect movie that they messed up the “American” family by casting obvious Irish people pretending to be American and doing a bad American accent. Then they put them opposite Farrell who despite his naturally thick Irish accent can nail the American accent like a champ. But hey he was obese and wore a Yankees hat 🤣

@JoJoJoker 6 месяцев назад

@@NotMeNaNaNa "Have you bean to the tawp of the tuwwer?" They did sound slightly Canadian, unlike the Canadians who did in fact sound like Americans.

@NotMeNaNaNa 6 месяцев назад

@@JoJoJoker ah yes the very Eastern European Zeljko Ivanek who plays quite an American, err, Canadian 🤣 “Yew heet da Canadeen” 😜

@Jmoth792 Год назад

“The two are able to politely talk it out.” This made me laugh. Definitely one of the rudest conversations in film haha. But seriously amazing analysis of an amazing film. Subscribed.

@richarddawkins1691 Год назад

Mr. Ryan, I found your analysis profound, insightful and exhilarating. (And, incidentally, you voiced it very well.) I’ve loved the movie, and its nuanced exploration of good and evil, for years. But your essay not only enhanced my appreciation of the movie, it’s inspired within me a renewed search for a greater understanding of good and evil. In the film I’d only ever thought of Bruges as analogous to purgatory, and the idea that it could be Hell, or Hell-ish, is new to me. That Ray is tortured by remorse, and that that torture will never stop, sounds exactly like Hell; even most religions’ understanding of it. Hell is a place where you can’t be forgiven or redeemed. There’s is no joy and we will live forever.

@ifipaidmybartabtheu.swould9208 3 года назад

This is a fantastic analysis of the movie, and must say thanks for pointing out the importance of setting/time period, has helped with some writing choices today Can't wait to see the channel grow

@drummingtildeath 2 года назад

Great insight. Finally watched this last night and knew there were some details that were lost on me from a single viewing.

@rhysd5435 10 месяцев назад

Sad that i found this so late but either way it's easily my favorite analysis of this film. Well done.

@SerMattzio 11 месяцев назад

Interesting analysis of a great film! When I get the time I will make a video on it with my thoughts too, it blew me away. For sure, I think a lot of Ray's hatred of Bruges is subliminally connected to the entire reason he's there; to callously flee from judgement of his terrible crime. For him it's kind of "fairytale" where he doesn't have to own up to his actions. However this false comfort brings him no relief. It's only when he's developed as a character (and suffered for his sins) that he realises an eternity in Bruges (i.e. fleeing responsibility) brings torment akin to Hell. I think it's significant that he explicitly describes it as Hell, not Purgatory.

@wrecker132 Год назад

When you see from Ray’s perspective at the very end and it goes to black, I believe it to signify Ray’s death. And the people wearing strange costumes around him is a reference to the Hieronymus Bosch painting they were looking at while discussing heaven and hell. I believe the film ends with Ray dying and then going to hell for what he did.

@Johnconno Год назад

That's your fucking analysis?

@SerMattzio 11 месяцев назад

This is possible - though there are also interpretations that Ray's monologue at the start is actually his confession of his crime (whether to the police or the mother of the child). I think both are very plausible.