Please read the requirements in the picture carefully, combined with the Hollywood movie I mentioned. Cinematography, music, lighting details are all important. Please be more specific. Thank you. If you have any questions, please contact me at email. Keep an eye on the development of Hollywood movies. The differences between films of the same theme in different generations.
Question：
your view, and based on your learning throughout the term and the films we have screened, how has Hollywood’s representation of ‘America’ changed over time?
In your response, take into account, any changes you have observed in the films’ depictions of American values and ideals,
in their narratives and aesthetic approaches, and even in the genres themselves (code & conventions or types of conflicts).
How do any of these elements manifest the changes you have observed? Don’t forget to provide examples of what you are referring to,
from films seen in the course, and specific scenes thatdemonstrate your points.
All Movies
SECTION 1 – The Hollywood Western
John Ford’s The Searchers (1954)
Quentin Tarantino’s Django: Unchained (2012)
SECTION 2 – The Populist-Agrarian Film
American Populism in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ (Frank Capra, 1946)
Race, Resistance and Populism in ‘The Hate U Give’ (George Tillman Jr., 2018)
SECTION 3 – The Hollywood Musical
Entertainment and Utopia in ’42nd Street’ (Lloyd Bacon, 1933)
Entertainment and Dystopia in ‘Chicago’ (Rob Marshall, 2002)
SECTION 4 – Crime Films
The Gangster, Modernity and the American Dream in Public Enemy (William Wellman, 1931)
Post-Modern Gangsters and the American Nightmare in ‘The Godfather’ (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
SECTION 5 Film Noir
Film Noir and the Femme Fatale in ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’ (Tay Garnett, 1946)
Neo-Noir and Feminist Backlash in ‘Fatal Attraction’ (Adrian Lyne, 1987)
SECTION 6 Science Fiction
Pod-People and Post-War Paranoia in ‘The Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (Don Siegel, 1956)
The Zombie Apocalypse and Identity Politics in ‘World War Z’ (Marc Forster, 2013)
