Category: Film & Theater studies

Dear Writer,
I have attached the instructions file and the draft answer (example). You have to write a movie review (your own preference) by following the mentioed instructions and guidlines.

write a paper that combines original analysis and historical and/or
theoretical research to provide a compelling argument about New Hollywood Cinema. The subject and
trajectory of the final paper will ultimately be up to you, but it should accomplish three general goals:
1. Provide original analysis of one or more film (and/or print) texts, at least one of which has not been
screened nor discussed at length in peer presentations. ( Films screened and discussed are as follows – Targets (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968, 90m), Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969, 113m), Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, 1970, 98m), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971, 121m), Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975, 125m, Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976, 114m), Medium Cool (Haskell Wexler, 1969, 110m), The Parallax View (Alan J. Pakula, 1974, 102m, Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976, 98m), Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970, 102m), Deliverance, Zabrinski Point.
2. Use a variety of (primary and) secondary sources to support and enrich your analysis.
3. Discuss the films in light of ideas, theories, and/or historical trends examined in our class this
semester. Mainly, 1960-1970s New Hollywood Cinema movement, auteurs, Todd Berliner on the poetics of seventies cinema.
adopt poetics as your general
approach. (Refer back to the Berliner book for a definition of poetics as an analytical framework.)

First Post: Explain what a movie is to someone who has never seen one (or any moving image, i.e. T.V.).
Imagine you are trying to describe what a film is to someone born in the latter half of the 19th century, BEFORE THE FIRST MOTION PICTURES HAD BEEN INVENTED IN THE 1890’s! Hint: In the nineteenth century, people could relate to paintings, plays, photographs and books. Maybe you could use those art forms or media as reference points (Please do not reference TV or internet – they did not exist!). It is not necessary for you to do research for this discussion to discuss the technology.
Hint: Focus on describing YOUR unique experience of watching a film.

Mary Shelley and Edgar Allen Poe are known as two masters of Science and Fantasy. Many Science Fiction writers claim their works were inspired by Shelley and Poe’s contributions to this writing genre. In 2-3 well constructed paragraphs pick one of the authors and discuss how he or she used multiple techniques to connect Science Fiction and humanity. Provide one to two examples from the story yoh chose to support your position.