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I am enclosing essay topics for the major paper. If possible, I would like a double-spaced hard copy of your paper submitted in class next Monday, May 6. You can refer to an article(s) found in the course kit. Please note the usage.
The essay should be approximately 1,7000 words.
1) Discuss Robert Rossen’s Body and Soul as a critique of the American success story and, by implication, its dependence on capitalist enterprise. Consider the relevance of the film’s opening scene, in which Charlie Davis/John Garfield calls out to Ben/Canada Lee. Discuss the function of the film’s principle female characters. Is the film’s ‘happy ending’ justified?
2) Using Andre Bazin’s “The Evolution of Film Language” (course Kit) discuss Elia Kazan’s Panic in the Streets as an example of ‘realist’ filmmaking. Focusing on Dr. Clinton Reed/Richard Widmark, discuss the the film’s portrait of American life in both its pubic and private sectors. Can Dr. Reed be considered a hero figure in the traditional sense of the classical cinema?
3) Consider Robin Wood’s auteurist reading and Margaret Tarratt’s genre reading of Christian Nyby/Howard Hawks’ The Thing from Another World (1951) (course Kit). Are the two articles compatible when constructing a critical reading of the film? The Thing is a product of the Cold War. Does that make it a reactionary film?
4) Discuss Leo McCarey’s My Son use of the nuclear family as a means to address American values. How coherent is the film in what it’s saying?
5) Vincente Minnelli’s The Bad and the Beautiful, a film about Hollywood and the studio system, was released at a time during which the industry was struggling financially and as a cultural institution. What do you consider to be the film’s attitude towards its subject matter?
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