Goblin Market

Two sisters are tempted by goblins in the woods, to eat delicious fruits. this is a Super-8, edited-in-camera, 3&1/2 minute art-film interpretation of Christina Rossetti's 19th century poem. Made with the support of Joy of 8 and some great people from Gloucester and Stroud. Starring Jade Smith and Danielle Williamson, plus Dennis Gould, Richard Austin and Rob Clucas-Tomlinson. Plus many other good people of Stroud. Soundtrack created by Poppy Robertson, reading by director Sarah Dixon.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• goblin_market
• christina_rossetti
• super_8

[showerpwner]

we learned it was about how women were never given a second chance in england in the victorian ages once they did something to corrupt their reputations, and the goblins are men that try to get the girls to have sex with them, and when they do eat the fruit/have sex they dont want the girls anymore - its a one time thing. Then the sister gets the juice for her sister giving her redemption she wouldn't normally get by smudging her own reputation just by being out late with the goblin men.

[spidea]

@showerpwner That is also a very relevant interpretation, if Rossetti was consciously moralising this may well have been the story behind it.

[spidea]

perhaps we are, perhaps that is what it is about...

[spidea]

what about sex? what is it saying?

[spidea]

Its definitely rather sensual but there are also suggestions of drug addiction. Its a very strange story really for a Victorian.

[x69Crunchyx]

could not read anyhting in the videao at all.

[Therockdeadrockstars]

arent we all in some ways raped by goblins?

[amirtaaki]

Saw this late at night on the TV. Really liked this video. Thanks

[delinquentmap]

Love it! great job!

[GreyElf3K]

This explosion of commerce from the Industrial Revolution also saw a rise in capitalist ideology in Victorian England. As more and more people moved to the cities, commercialism increased; it became a buyer-and-seller market. I suppose Rossetti's poem wants to illustrate the orgy-esque way Victorians consistently consumed goods and services in the new industrial system; akin to drug addicts, like many of Rossetti's friends.

[GreyElf3K]

There's also a lot to be said about Victorian commerce. The gentry and serfs were a dying subculture when many English farms were bought out by the government to subsidize the production of goods. Cottage industry was inverted during the industrial revolution, forcing many farmers to seek work in the cities. The overt sexual imagery might represent how the bourgeoning commercial culture assaulted the lower classes, forcing this new system of industry.

[gobbycdh]

my drama group are turning this into a plat in april which should be intresting at the least. lowclef there is a sex link and also a drugs link but look also at the bigger picture of temptation, good and evil, god and the devil.....its a very clever but also sexual poem.