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CRITICALLY DISCUSS ANY OF THE FILMS SCREENED IN THE COURSE IN RELATION TO DISCOURSES SURROUNDING THE “DEATH OF CINEMA”. WHY ARE SUCH IDEAS/DISCOURSES ATTRACTIVE TO PARTICULAR FILMMAKERS AND TYPES OF CINEMA?

In the movie, Ordinary People, the Jarrett family have a problem dealing with the death of their son and brother buck in a boating accident. They try to understand what happened and to be able to communicate the same way to each other but find that that is a lot harder than they think. The main focus of the movie is to see the three family member’s reactions to everything. The proper conflict management could have helped the Jarrett family with their situation. Conrad, Beth, and Calvin all engage in silence or violence moments at some point in the movie.

I would say that the theme of the film is dreams and ambition. If you have dreams and ambition you can go far in life and make anything work.

One of the main techniques that helps this film to be effective in its purpose is the tone that Guggenheim develops. Straight from the start he begins establishing this sad tone through his use of imagery. The beginning scenes are all very dreary with earth-toned colors, including a memorable scene of a child walking to school on a very gloomy day. This scene prepares the audience

“Hollywood usually ends up swallowing people and eating them alive”, are some of the beginning words in the National Geographic docu-series Drugs Inc... The documentary is rightly names “Hollywood high” because of its raw footage. This film is a chilling depiction of drugs and Hollywood. Its uncut material shows the reality of how drugs can affect people of every walk of life. A person doesn’t have to be rich or poor to become drug dependent. The film goes on to say how “fame hungry wannabes” and the “panhandling homeless” are two of the main populations to be affected by Hollywood’s thriving drug trade. Some of the other populations affected by Hollywood’s thriving drug trade are those who want to “stay up” and “be thin”. This film is not only about the populations affected by the thriving Hollywood drug trade but also the drug dealers and doctors who provide the drugs to that population.

While trying to figure out what to do with the body they go have a look at the cook Mrs. Ho to find her murdered in the kitchen, with the knife in her back. On coming back to the study Mr. Boddy has vanished to be later found bleeding from the head in the washroom attacked with the candlestick.

“Good Night, and Good Luck” is not your typical Hollywood film full of conventional action, cliff hangers, and romance. It is however a masterpiece of its time, about an era that many Americans try to forget. George Clooney, an esteemed American Actor and director of this film tried to capture a period of time known as the McCarthy Era where the “red scare” or fear of communism allowed the Senator from Wisconsin to try and convict suspected traitors. Its historical accuracy with real footage, quotations, and individuals, along with the distinct characteristics of Edward R. Murrow by actor David Strathairn are remarkably accurate. The film takes place virtually entirely in

The movie has many themes but the main ones were: Being persistent and how you can achieve your goals if you keep at them despite being discouraged and parental love and acceptance.

Comedy is also relatively short compared to other genre of movies. These two genres found to be the most popular movie genres than the other categories.

Idealism is the behavior or thought based on a conception of things as the should be or alone would wish them to be. In the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Mr. Smith is portrayed as idealistic throughout the movie. He is idealistic in this movie because he is able to enter into the lions’ den (so to speak) and come out unchanged and victorious. In contrast, if you compare the film to what happens to most politicians who spend time in Washington, DC, you will see a great difference between the film’s representation of how much of a difference one man can make and what generally happens to congressmen and senators in real life.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a film that will surely make you want to fall out of your chair laughing, and make you want to get up and dance. This film is an absolute classic. It is hilarious, adventurous, and makes you feel good about yourself. The most unique thing about this film is the main characters break out of jail for the wrong reason, and then go on a wild chase trying to get home. Another unique part about this film is that the main character is currently divorced and wanting to remarry his ex-wife. The film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a classic comedy because it has well-rounded characters, adventure, and a little bit of love.

How does the beginning sequence of the film introduce a theme/idea that is later developed?

In 2006 a movie called United 93 was released in theatres all over the world. It was directed by Paul Greengrass, who is from England. The theme is terror and is about what happened to the fourth and final hijacked plane on 9/11. This movie tells the story of both what went on inside the plane with the passengers and the terrorists, and what happened “behind the scenes” in the FAA and in the flight control towers all over USA. Already when the film was produced, some people thought it was too early for a movie on this subject and disrespectful to the families of the victims. But was it really too early after 5 years? I don’t think so. How can it be disrespectful, when he asked for permission to make this film from all the

I would describe this movie as rather bizarre! I felt like I was viewing Sam Lowry’s life through a delusional, paranoid schizophrenic’s eyes. Sam goes in and out of a dreamy fantasy world from an exaggerated version of reality. Some of the mise- en- scene from the movie, reminds me of some elements of our everyday lives. The world in the movie, is over run with technological gadgets that control our lives. Some of the views of Sam’s reality are like exaggerated versions of our lives today. Sam and his coworkers go about their job in a mundane repetitive manner. With his boss who is incapable of performing his job. Sam escapes his mundane life and chaotic realty by living in a dream world. He is transformed in to some type of super hero that soars through the skies like a silver eagle. He dreams about a beautiful woman that he falls in love with and rescues her from danger. His life and job are very bureaucratic and everything seems to be controlled by the government. It is closely related to the same idea as 1984 by George Orwell, where everything we do is being tracked by a paper trail and watched by government agencies.

American Beauty is a classic example of a family in deep seated conflict and conflict management. The four horsemen are employed here regularly by the main character of Kevin Spacey who plays the role of Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis and a badgered and repressed husband who is absolutely contemptuous of his wife Caroline Burnham who is played by Annette Benning. Caroline is likewise contemptuous of Lester and his laizze faire way of negotiating through life. Caroline is a Realtor who is seeking status and approval from the outside world, her friends and her peers. Lester on the other hand is not seeking anything but to be comfortable and to find some semblance of balance in his