How does the way men are represented in Get Carter reflect the time in which it was made?

How does the way men are represented in

 Get Carter reflect the time in which it was made? 

 The way men are represented in Get Carter reflect the time in which the film was made. Set during the 70s, the film depicts the events of the time as the contraceptive pill was introduced which gave women liberation. However, from studying Get Carter the film contrasts what was thought to be the liberation of women. We see the the film through a males point of view, with a male director (Mike Hodges) and a male lead (Michael Caine) so as an audience we have no choice but to watch the film through a male's gaze. 

The depiction of men is not without the representation of women that is portrayed in it. The representations of women in Get Carter reflects the time in which the film was made. Laura Mulvey is the author of 'Visual Pleasure and the Narrative Cinema' and states that "The representation of women in film and literature (and therefore society in general) as being dominated by a ale point of view. Her belief is that the world is a patriarchy and that men have the 'active' roles and women 'passive.'" Mulvey says that women are seen (1) as an erotic object for the characters within the film and (2) as an erotic object for the spectator with in the audience, she goes on to say that women in films don't represent women in real life. This statement is reflected throughout the film with many of the female characters especially Britt Ekland's character: Anna. Anna is the first female character the audience sees.

The opening shot of Get Carter is Carter front and centre of a window that has been purposefully been divided in to three sections, whilst Anna is lower down and in the section to the left, this connotes status for Carter and a inferior status for Anna. The second group of women that we see are in a porn film and a naked painting on the wall. This foreshadows the view on women throughout the film. Whilst watching the film Anna is there for the Fletcher brother, she is there for not only his pleasure but the rest of the men in the room and in the audience. The view on Anna continues with the camera, it shows Anna's body in a seductive way by using slow lingering shots to show her in a sexual manner. By rubbing her leg he is showing that he has power over her and is superior to her. This connotes that he owns her that she is his property, however she looks uncomfortable and is unable to leave due to the consequences she may encounter. On the other hand, the men in the room are continually shot from low angles, this indicates their dominance not only in the room but in society. During this scene we are denied a female P.O.V. which implies that she has no identity due to the male gaze of all three men, suggesting that she is just a body to be looked at. Due to the film being shot through Jack's P.O.V. we see Anna as Jack would see her; as a normal everyday object.

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-Margaret linking with Kinnear

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