Height as status, made literal. Films that build a hierarchy into their architecture, so a character's position in the frame reports their position in the world.
Parasite2019 · Bong Joon-ho★ 4.8 · 1Vertical movement is the plot: the semi-basement, the hilltop house, and the flight of steps that reveals there is a floor below the floor.
Spirited Away2001 · Hayao MiyazakiThe bathhouse is read vertically — boiler room, guest floors, Yubaba's suite at the top — and Chihiro's standing at any moment is legible from the level she is on.The motif, its definition and every per-film note are editorial work by this site’s members — nothing on this page is imported.
