-Viewing of two (minimum) films.(Pick any from the list below. Please help me. I will use my words to write it, just want an example ESSAY)
-Each of the two (minimum) films must be cited through the body of your essay as support of your overall interpretation of the theme as well as each sub-topic area of explication you identify as specific tools used to convey that theme.
-A single guiding thesis statement identifying the overall theme of each film studied all citation must follow proper MIA formatting (including film citation)
-Essay must be two to four pages in length and physically formatted correctly (MLA official: margins, font selection, Works Cited, etc.)
- Topic Selection
you will select one Film Maker or Genre identified below. The list of films are suggested films that are appropriate for this level of academic analysis and research
The Areas of Study - Film Maker
Wes Anderson: Grand Budapest Hotel, Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic
Orson Welles: Citizen Kane, Mr. Arkadin, Touch of Evil, Chimes of Midnight
Oliver Stone: Platoon, JFK, Natural Born Killers, Born of the 4 th of July, Wall Street, Any Given Sunday
Coen Brothers: Blood Simple, Fargo, Man Who Wasn't There, No Country for Old Men, True Grit (or comedy pieces such as Burn After Reading, O Brother, Where Art Thou, etc).
Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, Hateful 8, Django Unchained
Kubrik: Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut, Full Metal Jacket.
Zemeckis: Cocoon, Contact, Castaway
Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, He Got Game, Summer of Sam
Spielberg (Sci-Fi focus): Close Encounters of the Third Kind, AI: Artificial Intelligence, War of the Worlds
Spielberg (War focus): Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Munich
Eastwood (Western focus): Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Unforgiven
Eastwood (Contemporary Underdog focus): Absolute Power, True Crime, Mystic River, Grand Torino
Hitchcock: Strangers on a Train, Notorious, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds
Burton: Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Big Fish
Coppola: Godfather, Outsiders, Apocalypse Now
Coppola, Sofia: Lost in Translation, Somewhere, Virgin Suicides
Scorsese: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Gangs of New York, The Departed, Shutter Island
Woody Allen: Sleeper, Annie Hall, Crimes and Misdemeanors
James Cameron: The Abyss, The Terminator, Titanic, Aliens, Avatar
Ridley Scott: The Martian, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Prometheus, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men,
Cukor: Gone with the Wind, A Star is Born, The Philadelphia Story
Mann: Heat, Collateral, Public Enemies
Wilder: Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like it Hot, Seven Year Itch
Bigelow: The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Strange Days
Aronofsky: Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan
Fincher: Se7en, The Game, Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Gone Girl
Miyazaki: Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke
Nolan: The Prestige, Dark Knight, Memento
Bong Joon Ho: Parasite, Okja, Snowpiercer
Jackson: Lord of the Rings, District 9, King Kong
Howard: In the Heart of the Sea, Rush, Apollo 13, Far and Away, Changeling,
Soderbergh: Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Eleven, Solaris
Ang Lee: Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger; Ice Storm, Wedding Banquet
Peele: Nope, Get Out, Us
The Areas of Study - Genre
Note: options below in italics are those that traditionally not good.
Film Noir: Double Indemnity, China Town, LA Confidential, Memento
(Gangster: Public Enemy, Killers (1964), Goodfellas)
Western: Shane, A Fistful of Dollars, 3:10 to Yuma, Unforgiven, Dances with Wolves, Appaloosa
Science Fiction: Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Abyss, Cloud Atlas
Post-Apocalypse: Planet of the Apes, Book of Eli, Logan's Run, The Road, Oblivion, 9,
Fantasy: Pan's Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings II: The Two Towers, King Kong
(Superhero: Spider-man, The Dark Knight, Iron Man)
Big Hollywood: Gone with the Wind, Godfather, Wizard of Oz
(Animation: Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Corpse Bride, Wall-E, Toy Story, Spirited Away, Iron Giant, Secret of Nimh)
(Smart Comedy: The Big Lebowski, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, The Hangover, O Brother! Where Art Thou)
Musical: La La Land, Sound of Music, Singing in the Rain, Wizard of Oz, West Side Story, Grease, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Across the Universe, RENT
(please, help)
Can you select a film, not on the list? I don't know if you've seen Joe Wright's Darkest Hour (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426). It would go well with Schindler's List, in my opinion. If not, Saving Private Ryan would be another good choice. The three films are all set during the time period of WWII. However, the locations are different. Through these films, you should be able to identify a strong moral theme of good vs evil, right vs wrong, and virtue vs vices. That is my suggestion since it would be relatively easy to identify moralities.
Furthermore, I doubt anyone can or will share their essay here. Because, yes, plagiarism and copyright are issues not only for you but also for others.
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