Compare/Contrast the films of INGMAR BERGMAN and PEDRO ALMADOVAR

Compare/Contrast the films of INGMAR BERGMAN and PEDRO ALMADOVAR

Be sure to include in your discussion:
a. the historical/philosophical/social Context
b. Narratice characteristics
c. Visual characteristics
d. EXAMPLES from specific scenes and images (Examples should make up ca half of your essay)

1. Discuss the topic of IDENTITY- choose THREE of the following films: Europa,Europa, A Prophet, All About My Mother, and Head On. Be sure to discuss the narrative, thematic as well as visual/stylistic elements of these films.

2. Compare/Contrast the films of INGMAR BERGMAN and PEDRO ALMADOVAR
Use as your examples: Virgin Springs, Persona, and All About My Mother, Volver.

3. Compare/Contrast the FRENCH NEW WAVE and the cinema of INGMAR BERGMAN: Use as your examples, Virgin Springs, Persona, and Jim and Jules (clips) and Breathless.

4. Compare/Contrast the NEW GERMAN Cinema films and the RECENT GERMAN films: Use as your examples: Marriage of Maria Braun, Paris,Texas (clip we saw) Run, Lola Run, and Head On. Pay particular attention to national and personal identity as well as in Head On the idea of transnational cinema.

5. Compare/Contrast the TRANSNATIONAL films White (Kieslowski), Head On (Akin), A Prophet (Audriard), and Caché (Haneke).

6. Compare/Contrast the cinema of KIESLOWSKI using as your examples Red and White and EITHER the FRENCH NEW WAVE film Breathless
OR the GERMAN-TURKISH film Head-On.

7. Compare/Contrast the FRENCH NEW WAVE films Jim and Jules and Breathless and The GERMAN/FRENCH/AUSTRIAN film Caché.

8. Compare/Contrast KIESLOWSKI’s Red and White and HANEKE’s film Cache. Pay special attention to (but do not restrict yourself only to) the issues of moral and ethical questions.

9. Compare/Contrast the GERMAN/FRENCH/AUSTRIAN film Caché, the GERMAN-TURKISH film Head on, and the FRENCH-POLISH film Europa,Europa. Pay special attention to (but do not restrict yourself only to) the issues national and transnational as well as personal IDENTITY.

10. Compare/Contrast the NATIONAL IDENTITY in the British James Bond film Casino Royale (clips) and Skyfall, the German film Marriage of Maria Braun, and the Turkish-German film Head On.

11. Compare/Contrast the films of the FRENCH NEW WAVE Jim and Jules (clips) and Breathless and the SPANISH cinema of ALMADOVAR with All About My Mother and Volver (clips).

12. Compare/Contrast the British James Bond and the Spanish cinema of Almadovar paying particular attention to NATIONAL IDENTITY. Use as your examples Skyfall, Casiono Royale (clips we saw) and All About My Mother and Volver (clips).
5 major areas examples for “CASABLANCA”

Industry
– Classical H.
– Star&Studio System
– Vertical Integration

– Hist. Context
– WW2 – 1941
– Occupation

– Narrative /Themes
– Rick’s Isolation
– Nationalism / Identity
– Love / Sacrifice
– Linear / Flashback

– Visuals / Style
– Film Noir
– Acting
– Montage
– Studio sets
– Close-ups
– score


– Examples

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