Peter Weir Movie Comparison (Witness and Dead Poets Society)

Both plots loosely fall around people that have seen what they shouldn’t have. In “Witness”, Samuel is in the wrong place at the wrong time and sees a murder being committed. In “Dead Poet’s Society” the boys find Mr Keating’s yearbook and find out about Mr Keating’s involvement in the Dead Poet Society. Mr Keating teaches his

students to act as individuals and in “Witness” Book teaches Rachel that she should be herself and not just an Amish.

In “Dead Poet’s Society” there are three consecutive images of a flock of birds flying. The following image shows the students at Welton going down the stairs. The juxtaposition of these images emphasises the fact that the students do not feel free at Welton. Later, when Knox escapes from the school in his bike to see Chris, he goes through a flock of birds that fly away. This image emphasises Knox's feelings of freedom. In “Witness” there was constant references to the Birdhouse. When Book knocked it down it was an immediate feeling of bad luck and that it wasn’t a good idea to be here. Trying to patch things up with the family he fixes the birdhouse thinking that it

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