Re: individualism in films

From: Freya (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2007 - 16:05:36 PST


I should have paid more attention to the recent titles
thing but I only noticed after I had already written
quite a bit.

How about City Of God?

I wonder about Pans Labarynth. I havn't seen it but
I'm quite curious about it and want to catch it
sometime, and I have a feeling that Jack will have
seen it and will definitely be able to tell us one way
or the other! :)

love

Freya

--- Jack Sargeant <email suppressed> wrote:

> I think perhaps some more thorough / in-depth
> details of what you
> need may help, but, in terms of what I think you
> want (all recent
> titles):
>
> Children of Men - one pregnant girl and an old lefty
> fight to save
> humanity from dystopic end
> V For Vendetta - one man starts a revolution against
> fascist
> government thanks to inspiring pranks, interestingly
> the
> revolutionaries all adopt his identity which may not
> help your thesis.
> Borat - in the film Borat makes his country 'modern'
> having learned
> from his trip to USA
> The Queen - Blair saves royal family and Britain
> The Departed - one man alone against organized crime
> Shortbus - one nightclub and one woman's search for
> an orgasm suggest
> that there is hope for the wider tragedies of modern
> world
> Marie Antoinette - one woman takes on the weight of
> two nations and
> parties then discovers responsibility at the end
> Manderlay - one woman takes on the weight of
> history and slavery
> Happy Feet - one penguin faces the ocean and
> international fishing
> industries to save fish for penguins, interestingly
> he teaches the
> other penguins the importance of collective action
> so this my not fit
> entirely, but for 99% of the film he is the loner.
>
> God knows what this list says about my recent
> viewing habits, I
> promise I also attend all the art house and avant
> garde screenings as
> well!
>
> am I the first person to write about Happy Feet and
> Borat on Frameworks?
>
> Jack
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 7 Feb 2007, at 06:01, gyoungblood wrote:
>
> > Frameworkers,
> > I posted this request during the Christmas holiday
> and got only one
> > response. So, thinking that was not the best time
> to ask, I'm doing
> > it again now. I'm trying to assemble a list of
> feature films in
> > which collective problems are presented and
> resolved on the
> > personal, individual level. Of course that's 99.9%
> of all Hollywood
> > films (Frank Capra, "Casablanca," "The Insider"
> are examples). I'm
> > looking for recent titles, the more admired the
> better. Your input
> > will be greatly appreciated, and will contribute
> to my documentary
> > project on the role of industrial cinema in
> socialization and
> > social control.
> >
> >
> > Gene Youngblood
> > Department of Moving Image Arts
> > The College of Santa Fe
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> >
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