Please read the instructions carefully and then write the essay. Attempt any one of the three questions posted and write 6-8 pages with relevant references from the films applicable. Remember to check the grading rubric for this paper that I shall follow (shall post it as a word file).
Full Marks: 45
1) Lay out in detail the formalistic details (style, form, editing, sound, cinematography, theme etc.) of the New Hollywood Cinema between the late 1960s to late 1970s. Refer to atleast 2 films from the list you were assigned to watch and include your own observations of the stylistic devices employed in the films.
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2) What do you understand of the filmic culture in Iran post-Islamic Revolution (1979)? Refer to atleast 2 films from the list you were assigned to watch to support your points.
OR
3) Lay out in detail what you understand of the Parallel Cinema movement that took place in India since the late 1960s. Refer to atleast 2 films from the list you were assigned to watch and include your own observations of the stylistic devices and themes employed in the films.
Iran
The Koker Trilogy: a) Where Is the Friend’s House? (Abbas Kiarostami, 1986) – https://www.kanopy.com/en/gsu/video/11142152 ; b) And Life Goes On (AK, 1992) – https://www.kanopy.com/en/gsu/video/11061247 ; c) Through the Olive Trees (AK, 1994) – https://www.kanopy.com/en/gsu/video/10974303
At Five in the Afternoon (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2003) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-1OU_AiCQ
Time For Drunken Horses (Bahman Ghobadi, 2000) – https://www.kanopy.com/en/gsu/video/114783
Children of Heaven (Majid Majidi, 2004) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNRcM9Wfylo (rent/buy)
India
Sholay / Flames of the Sun (‘curry-western’, Ramesh Sippy, 1975) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruz-3qV6Sb4 ; Additional content – Sholay: Appreciating an Epic Masala (Video Essay by Accented Cinema) – https://youtu.be/CQ5O8ufWxcA?si=10lLZdrmQwfsYJmz
Uski Roti / A Day’s Bread (Mani Kaul, 1970) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AafpQW_P0Mc
Aakaler Shondhane / In Search of Famine (Mrinal Sen, 1980) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRZqN-b0VpM
Anantaram (Adoor Gopalakrishnan, 1987) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okM39LQXA-4
Co-productions / Transnational Films: a) Mississippi Masala (Mira Nair, 1991) – https://www.kanopy.com/en/gsu/video/13354660
Indian Cinema going global: a) Kal Ho Na Ho / Tomorrow Will Not Be (Nikkhil Advani, 2003) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2XSgCxeVEU ; b) Lagaan / Land Tax (Ashutosh Gowariker, 2001) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbX-3eZRzsI
Hollywood’s Fall and Rise, 1960-1980
The Godfather and The Godfather II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 & 1974) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TASMz_tTtII ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEmbFDXGzMg (buy/rent)
Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5KSCWDlyQw
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) – https://digitalcampus-swankmp-net.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/gsul341178/watch/4DBDAF7644703E32?referrer=direct
Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968) – https://www.kanopy.com/en/gsu/video/5793497
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorcese, 1975) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCtgtUFMJCg (buy/rent)