Representations in Get Carter

Representation of Men

In the film of ‘Get Carter’ men are viewed and represented as active. This means that they move the storyline and the narrative along. This is shown that almost every male character serves some significance to the story, affecting its progress in one way or another.  Men were also shown to be vulgar as they are shown to only think about sex and business (but mostly sex).

                  Men are also shown to be represented as being controlling over women. This shown through sexualisation as well as simple orders or commands. One of the scenes where the commanding of women is shown is during the scene with the phone call between Jack Carter and Anna – the girlfriend of Gerald. Even during such intimate moments as this, he is taking control of her, telling her what to do and when to do it, giving her no room for argument or reconsidering. A non-sexual moment where Carter controls a woman is when Edna threatens to call the police and Carter simply says ‘No you won’t. I know you won’t.’ this shows the power and control that men seemed to have in this time.

Representation of Women

Women are represented as sex symbols in the film and very submissive to men. One scene in which this is prominent is the first scene in which a group of men are looking through a slideshow of pornography. This on its own degrades women and treats them as objects but the fact that women are there with them also degrades them as they are being treated as objects and being teased and asked if they could perform the ‘tricks’ that the women are performing in the pictures.