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Analysis of the film posters in Eve and Niko's house a thread;
by Karel Vaca, 1970, Czech artist
For the film: Goto, Island of love (1970)
This film takes place in Goto, an island where walls crumble because the inhabitants lack the will to repair them. There's a sense that time has stood still on the island. 1/4
For the film: Goto, Island of love (1970)
This film takes place in Goto, an island where walls crumble because the inhabitants lack the will to repair them. There's a sense that time has stood still on the island. 1/4
Glossia (Eve) is trapped in a loveless marriage to the weak ruler Goto III (Niko). Unknown to him, his wife is having an affair with handsome young Gono (Villanelle) & the pair plan to take a small boat & leave the island.
But just as Glossia (Eve) seems ready to run off
But just as Glossia (Eve) seems ready to run off
and leave her husband by the shore, she rushes back to him, as a dutiful wife. The film is mainly in black and white but intermittently single shots of color break the monochrome continuity. Brief glimpses of what feels almost like an alternate reality,
as if the characters were imprisoned in a grey world. In Killing Eve, Eve is blocked in her boring life & in her marriage. She tries to escape and find those glimpses of color, of excitement by chasing Villanelle. 4/4
Andrzej Pagowski, 1990, polish artist
For the film: Working Girl 1988 by Nichols
A woman climbing a man whose head is a staircase suggests a film about a woman having to overcome men to succeed. But the obstacle Tess (the heroine) has to compete with is another woman. 1/2
For the film: Working Girl 1988 by Nichols
A woman climbing a man whose head is a staircase suggests a film about a woman having to overcome men to succeed. But the obstacle Tess (the heroine) has to compete with is another woman. 1/2
Even though Tess is smart, she's treated like a bimbo by her boss and male co-workers. Parallelly, in Killing Eve, Eve is slowed down and underestimated by men (Niko, Frank, Bill, Raymond). But the obstacle that she has to face is Villanelle. 2/2
Pagowski, 1987, Polish artist
For the film: After Hours (1985) by Scorsese
The film is a dark comedy about strangers at night, finding themselves intertwined in a bizarre series of coincidences. The main character is pretty much just another pawn in the corporate system. 1/3
For the film: After Hours (1985) by Scorsese
The film is a dark comedy about strangers at night, finding themselves intertwined in a bizarre series of coincidences. The main character is pretty much just another pawn in the corporate system. 1/3
Rolling through life, he knows it and is really bored (Eve). That night he takes a leap of faith and goes on an adventure. The director described that as a metaphor for a descent into hell. In Killing Eve, Eve's leap of faith was working for MI6, and looking for Villanelle. 2/3
That chase pushed Niko and her towards new dangers. The film poster depicts a man inside a black crow’s beak, trying to hold the bird’s beak open. The man in the beak is trying to save or maintain the status quo without getting crushed by a darkness grander than him. 3/3
