Extra Credit on Darya Zhuk’s Crystal Swan (2018)
Crystal Swan focuses on Velya, a young adult who longs to leave her country to go to America to become a DJ. She carries the typical feelings of someone who longs to acquire what they believe is the glamorous American dream: anxiety, hope, and great excitement. Along with longing for this difficult music career, the viewer can see that music itself plays an important role in the film. The viewer hears Velya herself listening to music while she’s waiting, which reminds me of her waiting and wishing to have her musical dreams come true, and to see the birthplace of house music in Chicago. On the bus, she is called a freak, and instantly puts her headphones on to block the sound out. This shows how music is used as her own escape from reality and drama. She learns that coming to America is not so easy, as she worries about the issue of previous poverty may cost her to not be able to get her visa. Ironically, what inhibits her from getting her visa is her own mista
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