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    Compare the messages and values about women in your two chosen films ‘Double Indemnity’ (1944‚ Wilder) is a classic interpretation of a Film Noir. It was set in 1938‚ when society had not been impacted by the changes in female roles. In opposition‚ ‘L.A. Confidential’ (1997‚ Hanson)‚ was set in the 1950s‚ when the perceptions of women were being altered dramatically‚ on an upward spiral. ‘L.A. Confidential’ is additionally‚ considered to be a retro-Noir film‚ where elements are developed and influenced

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    French Film Noir: Touchez pas au Grisbi and Ascenseur pour l’échafaud Azaria Wassyihun Film Noir is often regarded as a uniquely American phenomenon. The particular context these films were produced in‚ marked by the post-war period‚ infused these films with a unique style Hollywood had never encountered before. America might have been the adequate setting for this unique phenomenon to occur‚ but film noir would not be the same without it’s international aspects. Famous Austrian born directors

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    There were many changes in marketing and distribution of films from end of the silent period to the modern digital period. There was a studio system that existed at the end of the silent period and collapsed in 1949 with a court ruling. During this same time a sales era of marketing existed. After the Second World War the sales era was replaced with a new way of thinking and sales and marketing were not synonymous anymore. Marketing after World War II meant finding out what consumers’ needs and wants

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    WOMEN BOOKS: 1. “Gender equality and women empowerment in Pakistan” Rashida Patel • Analysis of the situation of women in Pakistan • Continuous and increasing misinterpretation of Islam 2. “Women in Pakistan” Heinz Gunther Klien • Obstacles and opportunities for development of women in Pakistan • Focuses on vocational development and cottage industry 3. “My Feudal Lord” Tehmina Durrani • Story of domestic violence in Pakistan QUOTATIONS: 1) “Never underestimate a man’s ability to

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    Exploitation films have been produced since the beginning of film‚ but once the Production Code was no longer in effect‚ more these films could be produced and at a faster rate. One genre of exploitation cinema is the drug crime film. Starting as early as the 1930s‚ filmmakers made movies about the dangers of doing drugs. These films were often cheaply made and aimed at a small audience (Clark 4). They were theatrically simple‚ with an uncomplicated narrative: “these are films whose entire function

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    Over the course of Hitchcock’s film career that we have viewed in this course‚ Hitchcock’s leading women have become more substantive and developed as characters. This stark difference‚ involving both the characters and filming experiences of the actresses‚ is best exemplified through Joan Fontaine in Rebecca (1940) and Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest (1959). CHARACTERS Though many of Hitchcock’s first leading women were not forces of nature‚ none was quite to the extent of “I” in Rebecca.

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    impact on women. Women go through the transition from being equals with men and aiding in the hunting and gathering era to becoming mainly useful for childbirth to have more men brought into the world for farming and agriculture. Women were even discredited for discovering any farming techniques and taken from doing any physical labor even if they wanted to. They never had a choice to do more.

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    there was no electricity‚ women always wore dresses‚ and men were‚ without a doubt‚ on a higher status level than women. Heritage films or costume dramas help to remind audiences what life was once like and what the everyday thoughts and ideals were that surrounded communities. Heritage films not only serve as a visually pleasing treat to audiences‚ but also serves as a reminder to where we have been as a society and as individuals before us. When looking at heritage films‚ the obviously are a nodd

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    Gandolf da Grey Final Exam Circumstance Film In the film Circumstance‚ it is apparent that Iran’s culture is greatly different than our own. This can be seen through a modernism lens point on Iran’s subculture of sex‚ partying‚ and drugs. Iranian citizens are forced into underground communities‚ quite literally‚ in order to express their true sexualities and gender. This is enforced by Iran’s morality police‚ often shutting down underground events and using violent acts to prosecute those

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    The issue of female persecution throughout many of Hitchcock ’s films has been fiercely contested‚ none more so than the controversial issue of assault and the attempted rape of a woman. Views that Hitchcock represents the archetypal misogynist are supported‚ Modelski suggesting that his films invite "his audience to indulge their most sadistic fantasies against the female" (18). Through both the manipulation of sound and the use of language‚ none more so than in Blackmail and Frenzy‚ the idea

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