Reading Reaction on Film Analysis
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the reading listed below of each to 4-6 sentences
Reading about reaction to foreign film clips
Reading indie films clips
Reading recent nationalist movement
Reading film and ideology
so basically explain the reading that is listed above into 4-6 sentences at least each
This is the reaction to foreign clips Our first clip is from the 2001 Mexican film Y Tu Mama Tambien. Brilliantly written and directed by
Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron (Oscars for Gravity and Roma), the film is a funny/poignant look at two young men wrestling with their sexuality and the sometimes awkward time between High school and adulthood. Tenoch and Julio ruled by their raging hormones decide to ask a sexy older woman along on a cross country trip to a beach in Mexico. As common in many foreign films especially from Latin America and Europe, the sexuality is bolder than what would be shown in an American film due to a more open acceptance of this subject compared to the Puritan view in the U.S. Another interesting aspect of this film is Cuaron tells the story with the use of an omniscient narrator to describe the actions (omniscient narrators are not a part of the story but rather an all knowing voice who seems to be aware of all action- a God like all knowing being). The following clip is a funny scene in the film where the two male best friends are fighting over sleeping with each others girlfriends
Please watch the following clip from Y Tu Mama Tambien:
Our next clip is from the 2005 Oscar nominated film Paradise Now from Palenstine/Israel that looks at the long standing conflct between the two countries in the West Bank area of the Israeli/Palenstine border. The film is an in depth look at a terrifying subject – suicide bombers. In the film, we meet two Palenstinian men preparing for a sucide attack in Israel. Conflict arises when one of the men decides he wants to back out of the attack. The film was widely praised at looking at this intense political subject in an artistic manner. In contrast to the black and white view normally reported by media, we see the human element attached to it. The following scene explores how one of the intended bombers is waiting to board a bus to Tel Aviv and is uneasy about his task. This is the type of powerful/political filmmaking often seen in foreign films.
Please watch the following clip from Paradise Now.
Our next clip is from the 2005 Oscar winning (Best Foreign film) Tsotsi from South Africa. As discussed in this week’s Recent Nationalist Movements reading, the film is an intense/powerful reflection of a troubled country divided by racial conflict/and poverty. When the film begins we meet a young street criminal who abuses others and steals car. His latest robbery takes an unexpected turn when he discovers a baby in the back seat. Since returning the baby would lead to his arrest, he decides to keep the baby and try to take care of it. The film’s power and poigancy derives from how these events change a violent criminal into a more giving individual. In the following scene the young man pleas to his neighbor/friend for aid in taking care of the baby.
Please watch this scene from Tsotsi
Foreign films often delve into subject matter that an American film would never touch. Such is the case with the intense 2012 Danish film The Hunt. Director Thomas Vinterberg is known for his gritty films dealing with characters pushed beyond limits. The Hunt examines a man in a small Danish village who becomes the victim of mass hysteria when he is wrongly accussed of abusing a child (his best friend’s daughter) in the kindergarten class where he works. Interestingly, we are shown that he is indeed innocent making the terrors that await him even more distubing. Actor Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibel, Casino Royale) gives a brilliant performance and this is the type of intense film that goes for the jugular vein asking very important questions along the way. In the following scene , Mikkelsen’s character is trying to by groceries in a his town where all have imposed a “witch hunt” against him.
Watch the following clip from The Hunt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Our next film clip is from the 2014 anthology film Wild Tales from Argentina. Anthology films consist of a number of different short films usually tied to a certain genre or subject (like reading a short story collection). Wild Tales is dark comedy looking at characters who are pushed to extremes. The film has one of the most brilliant beginning scenes I’ve ever seen. It just hooks you into the film and grabs you into the action. This clip is the first story in the film. A 7 minute biting look at passengers boarding a plane who discover now all is what it appears to be.
Watch this clip from Wild Tales
Our next clip is from the highly acclaimed Oscar winning 2018 Netflix film Roma. Alfronso Cuaron wrote, directed, edited and shot this beautifully made very personal/auto biographical look at growing up in a tumultuous time in Mexico during the 1960s/1970s. The film looks at the life of a live-in housekeeper of a middle class family during this unsettled time. This is a brilliant/multi layed passionate filmmaking at its best. Each scene a work of art (so prevalent in many foreign films). The following scene depicts an actual 1971 student massacre aka The Corpus Christi Massacre through the eyes of lead character Cleo.
Watch this clip from Roma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Our final clip is from this year’s top Oscar winner- Parasite. It’s a sharp/satirical and brillaint look at social class from Korean director Bong Joon-Ho. The film explores a poor family (the Kim’s) who scheme to each become employed by a wealthy family (Park)- thus as the title suggests- infliterating their household and falsely posting as high regarded individuals. The film goes from biting comedy to terrifying horror. Ho wisely writes his characters to do the unthinkable so we never really know where the plot may be going but are hooked. Each scene framed masterfully and digging dip to explore how we look at the class struggle. Parasite became the first foreign film (from Korea) to win the top Best Picture Oscar. The cast is just terrific giving their ensemble work much passion and depth. Again, this film retiterates how foreign films explore tough subjects with depth and artistic passion. The following clip highlights the film’s brilliant direction- the Kim family have taken over the Park household as their own only to be suprised by the Park’s announcing they are returning early from a trip
Watch the following clip from Parasite
This is the indie clips Our first clip is from the 2001 Mexican film Y Tu Mama Tambien. Brilliantly written and directed by Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron (Oscars for Gravity and Roma), the film is a funny/poignant look at two young men wrestling with their sexuality and the sometimes awkward time between High school and adulthood. Tenoch and Julio ruled by their raging hormones decide to ask a sexy older woman along on a cross country trip to a beach in Mexico. As common in many foreign films especially from Latin America and Europe, the sexuality is bolder than what would be shown in an American film due to a more open acceptance of this subject compared to the Puritan view in the U.S. Another interesting aspect of this film is Cuaron tells the story with the use of an omniscient narrator to describe the actions (omniscient narrators are not a part of the story but rather an all knowing voice who seems to be aware of all action- a God like all knowing being). The following clip is a funny scene in the film where the two male best friends are fighting over sleeping with each others girlfriends
Please watch the following clip from Y Tu Mama Tambien:
I have attached all 4 reading, for the clips you should show your reaction about the clips
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Reaction to Foreign Film Clips
In the analysis of the following foreign films, “The Hunt,” “Paradise Now,” “Tsotsi,” “Wild Tales,” “Roma,” “Y Tu Mama Tambien,” and “Parasite,” there is a considerable difference compared to the American films. Foreign films focus on specific social, political, religious decency, economic, or cultural issues affecting their societies. For instance, in this movie “Tsotsi,” racial and ethnic conflicts that have been happening in South Africa is reflected…
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