FOCUS:
idea of hidden/supressed identity created by American society and the American Dream (modern day vs 90s)
i.e. How do the American Dream and social expectations result in the suppression of individual identity (90s vs 2010s) ?
SPECIFIC FOCUS:
unreliable protagonists and narrative
FILMS:
Fight Club (1999, David Fincher)
Us (2019, Jordan Peele)
Area of focus
-Theories of representation
-Genre theory
Films
-2001: A Space Odyssey- Kubrick 1968
-Interstellar- Nolan 2014
-One flew over the cuckoo’s nest- Milos Forman 1975
– A beautiful mind- Ron Howard 2001
– Shutter island- Martin Scorsese 2010
Narrative Theory?
Editing Theory?
Classic Hollywood Cinema?
New Hollywood Cinema?
French New Wave?
The Irishman(2019)
Joker (2019)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Parasite(2019)
Kill Bill V1 or 2(2003-2004)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Strike
Dunkirk
Interstellar
Films:
-Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
-Parasite (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
Film Focus:
-genre: social thrillers
-difference in portrayal of social commentary in eastern vs western cinema
Microsoft stream link:
https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/1e2f8021-b250-42a5-90e8-c95898395aba
who were Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton?
All three were known as the most influential film comedians of the silent film era.
Charlie Chaplin –
Harold Lloyd-
Buster Keaton-