IB FILM COMPARATIVE STUDY TITLES 2022

LOGAN

“How do directors depict class struggle in horror films such as The Lighthouse (dir. Robert Eggers, 2019), and Parasite (dir. Bong Joon Ho, 2019)?”

JACK

To what extent do the films Raging Bull (1980) and Million-Dollar Baby (2004) demonstrate how the boxing sub-genre has evolved over time in its exploration of gender?

JOE

How are the struggles of the working-class youth presented in the films Kidulthood (2006) and La Haine (1995)?

NOAH

Research question: How are the themes of class struggle depicted in a dystopian setting within Metropolis (Fritz Lang 1927) and Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho, 2013)?

EMILY

To what extent do the films “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” (Almodovar,1988) and Love Actually (Curtis,2003) reinforce or challenge patriarchal structures in the societies in which they were produced?

SAM

To what extent do the films Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Night of the Living Dead (1968) demonstrate how independent zombie horror films have developed over time?

LUCY

How are Eisenstein’s methods of montage used as a storytelling device to create dramatic tension in Battleship Potemkin (1925) and Parasite (2019)?

HONEY

How do the films “Gone Girl” (2014, Fincher) and Basic Instinct (1992, Verhoeven) portray the ways in which the character trope of the ‘femme fatale’ has changed over time?

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To what extent do the films Raging Bull (1980) and Million-Dollar Baby (2004) demonstrate how the boxing sub-genre has evolved over time in its exploration of gender.

Million Dollar Baby 2004         Dir. Clint Eastwood

Raging Bull                 1980         Dir. Martin Scorsese

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