Smoke Signals Analyse

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The movie Smoke Signals from 1998 is directed by Chris Eyre, is a comedy and a drama. The theme abandonment and man vs himself allows the viewer to understand why it is labeled a drama. Smoke signals follow Classical Hollywood cinema conventions because the film focuses on a few individuals. Smoke signal is set in the present external world. It focuses on 2 main characters Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-the-fire. Each one having their own goals and antagonist. For Victor, it is to forgive his dad for leaving him and his mother, and stop running from his own life. Throughout the movie, the camera follows Victor and showing flashbacks of his life when he was 12 right up to when his dad left. His antagonist are his own feelings, along