Analyse of Love Me or Leave Me Alone

In my opinion “Love Me or Leave Me Alone” is a rather simple film what you see on the surface is really all there is to the film, it is the director’s portrayal of a stereotypical teenage relationship. Although personally I didn’t really like the film I can say it was efficient in getting across its meaning the film really highlighted the immature and bipolar nature of such relationships, an example of this can be seen by how in the space of the film the couple go from extreme hate to love.

One particular technique that was used in this film that I liked was the way the cuts between shots grew quicker as a way to build tension, this technique changed some ordinary scenes to tense filled moments. The reason for the use of this technique was most likely to capture the audience’s attention as little happens in the film yet the building tension creates a sense that something is about to happen. During the boy’s journey home the scene was almost too dark to see with only the passing headlights of cars illuminated the scene, I particularly like this technique as it not only highlights the character’s solitude but visually it is an interesting technique. When combined with the built up tension this technique really draws in the audience as they expect it to end with a car hitting the character.

The form of the film is a fairly standard structure for a film to express the sort of subject matter that the director was trying to get across. The only notable anomaly in the form was that the film started in the middle of a heated argument between the couple, the context and beginning are never shown, which is a little odd structure wise. This could have been the directors way of adding realism as without context the argument could have been about anything and so could  apply to any stereotypical teenage couple.