Critical and Contextual Issues - Hotel E Homework

We were asked to answer the following question about the animation 'Hotel E' by Priit Parn.

 http://www.totalshortfilms.com/ver/pelicula/138

Below is my answers to the question. This task was good to do as i started to think about wording and how to write more academically which is helpful for starting to write my essay.

Hotel E (1991)

What is it about?

The film switches between the stereotypical view of the American dream and sometimes faceless Eastern European drones sat around a table.  The drones are trying to escape their controlled life and become situated with American society. Once the one escapes he struggles at first to adapt to the new society and keeps going back to the dark room as he struggles to find the balance. The use of repetition shows how they are slowly becoming similar in the fact that they are turning into drones. After getting the American dream he realises that it had the same problems as the society he had just escaped from and that they had only dressed it up to hide this fact.

How does the style/treatment contribute to the narrative?

The use of the different styles does contribute to the narrative of the film. The dark and graphic style of the Eastern European society shows how miserable they are and how they are controlled. Where the use of bright colours for the American dream makes it look more appealing and leads them into false hope. Pretending it is something when it is not.