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75 years earlier …
IntroductionEMC/JOUR 3000 Intro to Motion Pictures
Edward Bowen
Movies
3000 Intro Montage V03 http://youtu.be/oIcZNw-LM0s
MoviesThink About …• What they say about us• What they say to us• And how they say it
A Trip to the Multiplex
Your Local Independent Theater
The Interview
The Interview
The Interview
Kim Jong-unSupreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
http://youtu.be/QcvjoWOwnn4
The Great Dictator (1940)
http://youtu.be/BR7VpE2gpdM
You Nazty Spy (1940)
You Nazty Spy (1940)
http://youtu.be/n9k5v6bjwGA
Back at the multiplex …
Into the Woods
Into the Woods (1986)
The Hidden Meanings in Kids’Movies
http://youtu.be/ueOqYebVhtc
Movies
Women in Movies
Movies
The Bechdel Test for Women in Movieshttp://youtu.be/bLF6sAAMb4s
Playing in Theater 7 …
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Exodus: Gods and Kings
http://youtu.be/RhCzcde8__g
Exodus: Gods and Kings
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2852554/Moses-movie-slammed-white-cast-lead-roles-director-Ridley-Scott-claims-wouldn-t-financing-hired-Mohammad-such.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Exodus: Gods and Kings
http://gawker.com/no-exodus-for-mohammad-so-and-so-from-such-and-such-s-1663769993
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
MoviesAfrican-Americans in Movies
MoviesAfrican-Americans in Movies
MoviesStereotype in Ethnic Portrayals
And over in theater 8 …
Selma
Selma
Ava DuVernay – Director
Mississippi Burning The Long Walk Home Ghosts of Mississippi
http://ontd-political.livejournal.com/9623438.html
The Native-American Experience
The Jewish Experience The African-AmericanExperience
Meanwhile in theater 1 …
American Sniper
http://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/collection/the-controversial-true-story-behind-american-sniper-20141222
American Sniper
Chris Kyle - Navy SealFour Tours in Iraq
“Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History”
Bradley Cooper
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/01/19/hollywood-split-over-american-sniper-success/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/30/the-complicated-but-unveriable-legacy-of-chris-kyle-the-deadliest-sniper-in-american-history/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/12/1356618/-What-duty-to-historical-accuracy-does-a-film-have
Across the Hall in Theater 12 …
Birdman
Movies in “Real Time” with little or no temporal manipulation
Movies in an apparent single shot and in “Real Time” with little or no temporal manipulation and little or no spacial disruption
BirdmanMovie in an apparent single shot and little or no spacial disruption
but not in “Real Time” utilizing temporal manipulation
http://youtu.be/7J4OxwrzF8I
Down in Theater 22 …
Boyhood
Past the Concession Stand in Theater 19 …
The Babadook
The Babadook
A Freudian metaphor for loss, grief, guilt, denial, blame, mental illness and depression from a feminine and maternal perspective.
http://thepopcornmuncher.com/2014/11/27/analysis-babadook-grief-bereavement/http://the-artifice.com/the-babadook-mental-illness/
http://youtu.be/EVxOrUjX-bc
Around the Corner in Theater 27 …
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Highest Grossing Movie of the Year
Guardians of the Galaxy
• What is it saying to us?• What is it saying about us?• How is it saying this?
Guardians of the Galaxy
• What does it say about us that three of the strongest characters are resourceful women? Or that only one relatively minor character is African-American?
Guardians of the Galaxy
What does it say about us that the villain of the most successful movie of the year is terrorist, a radical, and a religious zealot, fighting a centuries long war against the more modern world.?
Guardians of the Galaxy
Or that his army is composed of character-less, easily disposable, possibly dead or undead insect-like creatures?
“Necro-craft pilots, enact immolation initiative”
Guardians of the Galaxy
Or that the most popular movie of the year shows a disparate group of extraordinary heroes overcome their differences and band together to repel a threat from aliens, or “others,”…
MoviesIn 20th century pop culture and movies, “the others,” individuals or masses not like “us,” the intended audience, beings dehumanized, distasteful, threatening, have been cast by a number of minorities and ethnicities.
MoviesThe “Other”
“The Birth of a Nation” 1915
MoviesThe “Other”
“The Mask of Fu Manchu” 1932
MoviesThe “Other”
Decades of Westerns
MoviesThe “Other”
Nazi Germany
MoviesThe “Other”
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians’ Director James Gunn has been lauded for bringing his unique style and tone to a large franchise movie from an established dominant studio. The idea that the director of a film is the guiding force behind its artistry and technique is the Auteur Theory.
In cooperation with George Lucas, JJ Abrams, and Michael Bay, Titanic now in Super 3Dhttp://youtu.be/byXqRsOilBs
And in Theater 13 …
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Hunger Games – What’s It About• Children Killing Children in a Dystopian Future United States• Voyeurism and Violence• Gladiatorial Combat• Reality Television• The Iraq War• The Vietnam War• The Failure of Government to serve its people
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/meet-woman-created-hunger-games/story?id=15970640#.UD1ux82k2x4
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Hunger Games• PG-13 – The Impact of the Rating System on Content• Rated PG-13 "for intense violent thematic material and
disturbing images - all involving teens."
http://gawker.com/5895863/rating-the-carnage-the-hunger-gamess-violence-solution
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Hunger Games (2008/2012 - Cultural Resonance (Precursors)• The Condemned (2007)• Series 7 – The Contenders (2001)• Battle Royale (1999/2000)• The Running Man (1982/1987)• The Long Walk (1979)• Lord of the Flies (1954/1963/1990)• The Most Dangerous Game (1924/1932)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Hunger Games (2008/2012) - Cultural Resonance• Battle Royale (1999/2000) – What’s IT About?• Children Killing Children in a alternate version of Japan• Voyeurism and Violence• Gladiatorial Combat• Violence and Death in World War II Japan• The Modern Education System
http://io9.com/5888124/did-the-hunger-games-really-rip-off-battle-royalehttp://www.jonathanlack.com/2012/03/hunger-games-versus-battle-royale.htmlhttp://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/04/the-real-hunger-games-battle-royale.html
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Hunger Games (2008/2012) - Cultural Resonance• Battle Royale (1999/2000)
BATTLE ROYALE trailer -- Coming soon to blu-ray & dvd! http://youtu.be/SIuRjqcpuGQ
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Hunger Games (2008/2012) - Cultural Resonance• Battle Royale (1999/2000)
Battle Royale (2000) - Kinji Fukasaku - Trailer - [HD] http://youtu.be/qMOCEF4n_zs
“Thor” Kenneth Branagh 2011
Turn the camera upside down, and the world is upside down.
Devil Credits.mov http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/Devil Credits.mov
Turn the camera upside down, and the world upside down, and it’s something different
Inceptions
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