The Central theme in the film Witness is seeing. Discuss the various ways of seeing that are presented by the director, Peter Weir.

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The Central theme in the film 'Witness' is 'seeing'.

Discuss the various ways of seeing that are

presented by the director, Peter Weir.

In this piece coursework I will be writing about what mainly happens in the film. Secondly I will be writing about the opening scene of the film and also about the murder at Philadelphia Station. Also I would be writing about the Amish community who are the main people in the film. Lastly, I will write about the conflict between the Amish and the modern World. The main theme in the film is about witnessing and seeing. Witness means someone who has seen an event such as an accident and can describe what happened. Seeing means to employ one's sight especially in a given direction or a given object.

The plot of the film is that Rachel has a husband that passes away. After the funeral ceremony Rachel and Samuel go to the Station to get to the big city. When Rachel and Samuel get to Philadelphia Station there train gets delayed by three hours. When Samuel goes to the toilet he witnesses a murder. When the police arrived at