PCM- Cortazar

Both the movie and the short story Blow Up possess few similarities in their composition and are less related than one might think. The one glaring commonality is the use of magical realist devices in both the text and the film. Each respective piece centers around a fusion of time of the past and present, where the reader is introduced to events and ideas that are seamlessly tied together by Cortazar. The writer transitions from past to present and back again with regularity and permits the reader access to scenarios that are arguably fictitious in nature. That brings us to the second binary of real versus imaginary. Cortazar uses this binary to provide immense amounts of detail in the text and introduce plausible situations that are merely insinuations of the narrator. Throughout the text for example, he provides intimate details of the characters thoughts that are being collected together by someone who does not have access to the characters thoughts, but is simply making inferences based upon what he is observing. The movie makes use of this as well by having characters partake in situations where things are not real. Cortazar's work is very descriptive and effectively uses other literary elements to provide a story that is both captivating and intriguing. He pushes the reader to the point of confusion through his use of magical realist devices and provides a feeling of "back and forth" when it comes to the character's thoughts and opinions. This sense of back and forth is further supported through the fusion of time.