COMPARATIVE ESSAY – Research on Film Theories

Film and Cultural Theories:
– Feminist Theory
– Post-Colonial / Critical Race Theory
– Queer Theory (fluidity of sexuality / gender identity)
– Marxist Theory (class)
– Narrative Theory (including screenwriting theory)
– Genre Theory
– Editing Theory (Eisenstein’s methods of montage)
– Film Noir Theory
– Post Modernist Theory
– Auteur Theory

IDEAS

Queer Theory

1. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) 2. The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, 2021)

Marxist Theory

1. Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) 2. Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho, 2013)

Genre Theory

1. Batman (Leslie H. Martinson, 1966) 2. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Zack Snyder, 2016)

Film Noir Theory

1. Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014) 2. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)

Auteur Theory

1. The Duellists (Ridley Scott, 1977) 2. The Last Duel (Ridley Scott, 2021)

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