SSC Film Studies

epresentations in Get Carter

In the film, Get Carter, there are three representations shown throughout; these are the representations of men, women and location of the North during the 1960s.

In Get Carter, men are perceived to be in power in society and superior to women.  Carter is the main character in showing how men were seen as higher up in society during the 1960s. An example of Carter being controlling of a woman is when he is staying in Edna’s bed and breakfast. Edna is an independent woman living in Newcastle during the 60s and is intruded when Carter comes to stay at her bed and breakfast. When Carter demands a cup of tea off her as soon as he walks in and tells her that she is not ringing the police it shows how men were dismissive of women. Also, it is noticeable in the film that whenever Carter has sex with a woman, she does not appear in the film again; this tells us that men saw women as objects and were just something that they could use. Furthermore, this shows how men were womanising as Edna is trying to be angry with Carter however he seduces her and makes her forget she was angry with him.

Representation of men in the family are also shown in Get Carter, for example when the young teenage girl has a party in her house and her dad arrives and asks everyone to leave the house which is done so quickly. This shows that people always obeyed the man of the house and did not argue back.

Many know of the myth of the “swinging sixties” however this film shows how this myth put women lower down than they already where.