In the movie "Mystery Train," the primary goal of its is to interpret and give an overview of Memphis and what is significance about Memphis. The Mystery Train is truely a remarkable source for those who are not familiar with the city, Memphis including its geographical location of famous places and events. During and throughout the film, I treat myself as an observer rather than using the film for entertaining, so I could see what is really going on and what type of relationships does Memphis have. Somehow, the Mystery Train is different than all of the other movies which I had have watched in the past. The movie subdivides itself into three parts; in additiom, each part have similar settings and different characters, except the two African Americans who employ in the hotel near the downtown of Memphis. When the movie is over, I realize that the settings and the characters from the three subdivisions of the video are formed into a sum of theoretical argument for an underlying hidden tragedy of Memphis. Because there are underlying facts regarding a hidden tragedy in Memphis, I have to take a closer look of what are the factors, which I consider the outcome of the Mystery Train to be an argumentative tragedy.
First of all, the characters and the settings in all three subdivisions of the video are played a major role in defining the argument of Memphis. People who are not familiar with Memphis along with its historical, famous people might only knew and heard about Elvis Presley due to the fact that Elvis was the king of rock and roll. The phenomena of Elvis appears to be the same conflict in all three subdivisions of the video. To be specific, the Japanese couple from Yokohomain the first subdivisioncome to Memphis because the couple wants to visit Elvis's home, Graceland. However, the couple unaccomplishes their goal of what they come to Memphis for. As a matter of fact, the couple only see the statue of Elvis and take a few photos of the statue and a few photos of Elvis's pictures in the hotel, where a couple spend their night at. The couple seems to be disappointed of visiting Memphis, especially the Japanese lady.
In the second subdivision, the Roman lady incidently have to spend a night in Memphis since her flight back to Rome is delay. The first time of being a visitor in Memphis is the most unpleasant tour for her. All that she know is Elvis as well. Almost to the middle of her scene, the stranger in the restaurant informs mostly about Elvis, and this is all she know about Memphis since she do not give herself a chance to visit elsewhere in Memphis. In addition, she also see the picture and the ghost of Elvis at the same hotel, where the Japanese couple spend the night. This is also the setting which the Roman lady also have to spend her unpleasant night. Because of the little experience which she, the lady left Memphis for her flight back to Rome and know a little about Memphis. Moreover, the characteristics of the characters who live in Memphis are seem to be ugly and unpleasant, which implies Memphis as an ongoing tragic argument. Eventually, the traits of the Memphians make other visitors who would like to visit Memphis to think and feel that Memphis is an unsafe place to visit. The hotel's employees, for instance, are seem to be dishonest by the way they look and when they collect the room's fee. The subdivision of the video, unfortunately, was the most violent part of the movie since it gives the ideas that Memphis is a city, where most of the crimes are located. In this case, the third part of the movie explaining the meaning of how disorder is Memphis, which other needs to consider. As a result, the summation of the entire movie, to me, is defining Memphis as a chaotic place that leads to a long-term tragedy and prevents visitor from visiting the place.
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