1. I think one arguement that Perfume makes is that the most extraordinary people can come from the humblest of origins. This guy has an incredible talent. He has a sense of smell unrivaled by anyone else in the history of the world. And where did this guy come from? He's the unwanted son of a dirt poor mother who is executed shortly after his birth. Those are not the circumstances you would expect an extraordinary individual to come from.
2. The movie's visual arguementation establishes dirty, harsh settings, which serves as a shocking backdrop to a film about a luxury item like perfume. It serves as a sharp contrast between the world of the poor and the world of the rich.
3. Bright colors are associated with wealth in the film, and dull colors are associated with poverty. Light is used to draw the viewer's attention to specific objects on the screen. For example, the first shot in the movie is the guy's nose coming into the light, with the rest of his face hidden in shadow. The costumes and environment, so far at least, have been dank, dark, and dirty, again to illustrate poverty. It's depressing, and that's the point.
4. This movie does have a lot of good examples of rhetoric in it, but it's not my kind of movie. Not enough action or comic relief.
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I didn't think about it until I ready this post but it is vert interesting how the movie contrasts the luxury of perfume and the vile way in which the main character came into the world and grew up. He was born on the floor of a fish market, not the most sanitary of places, and grows up with this unique gift and spends his enitre life striving to make the perfect perfume.
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