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COMPARATIVE ESSAY – Research on Film Movements

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Film Movements:
– German Expressionism
– Soviet Constructivism
– French New Wave
– Classic Hollywood Cinema
– Parallel Cinema (India)
– South Korean New Wave
– New Hollywood Cinema
– British New Wave Cinema
– New Mexican Cinema
– Dogme 95
– Cinema Du Look (France)
– No Wave Cinema

Ideas

German Expressionism

1. The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, 1928) 2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, 1996)

Soviet Constructivism

1. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) 2. The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987)

French New Wave

1. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) 2. Band of Outsiders (Jean-Luc Godard, 1964)

Parallel Cinema

1. Aalavandhan (Suresh Krissna, 2001) 2. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)

Dogme 95

1. The Idiots (Lars von Trier, 1998) 2. District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009)

COMPARATIVE ESSAY – Research on Film Theories

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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)

Comparative study (Inquiry)

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Focus: (ideas)

Femme fatale – feminist theory?

Film noir theory?

Post modernism in film – manipulation of narrative/genre?

Marxism theory in film?

Editing theory – experimental film?

Film movement: (ideas)

South korean new wave?

Soviet constructivism?

No wave cinema?

Classic Hollywood/New Hollywood?

Soviet constructivism?

Films

  • Classic Hollywood/film noir : “Touch of Evil – 1958”
  • Classic Hollywood/film noir: “The Asphalt jungle – 1950”
  • Contemporary film noir: “Nightcrawler – 2014”
  • Contemporary film noir: “Sin city – 2005”
  • Femme fatale: “The Lady from Shanghai – 1947”
  • Femme fatale: “The Woman in the Window – 1944”
  • Contemporary Femme fatale: “The Batman – 2022”
  • Contemportary Femme fatale: “Gone girl – 2014” / “Atomic Blonde”
  • Experimental film: “Stan Brakage – Dog star man, 1964”
  • Experimental film: “Maya Derren – Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943”
  • Contemporary experimental film: “No data plan – 2019”
  • Contemporary experimental film: “Let Each One Go Where He May – 2009”

Questions (“Touch of Evil” & “Sin City” – Film Noir)

  • How classic film Noir was modernised?
  • Differences in classic and contemporary film noir?
  • How classic film noir has been adapted for a modern audience?

Comparative study

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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)

comparative study

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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

Comparative study

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Theory

Narrative Theory?

Editing Theory?

Film Movement

Classic Hollywood Cinema?

New Hollywood Cinema?

French New Wave?

Films:

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

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