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Raina Schoen Thomas replied to the topic Gender in Children of Men in the forum Film Talk 4 years, 11 months ago
I’m not sure if this was ever fully established in class, but if the fertility issue is in the female population alone, having a woman as the hero would have added some extra layers to character. If it was a woman assisting Kee, the heroine’s own issues with motherhood and infertility may have played a bigger role. Both male impotency and female…[Read more]
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Raina Schoen Thomas replied to the topic The Call of Cthulhu in the forum Film Talk 5 years ago
Lovecraft may have been tapping into an issue that is becoming more and more relevant as time progresses. During the time he was writing there had been a good number of scientific breakthroughs concerning biology, technology, and the cosmos. Just to give a sense of the time, in the 1910s, several cellular discoveries were made and blood banks…[Read more]
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Raina Schoen Thomas started the topic Snow White in the forum Film Talk 5 years ago
<p class=”p1″>The tale is painting the picture of an ideal woman: beautiful, obedient, dutiful, innocent, docile, pure, etc. The character of snow white is often described as very flat and not very interesting. Her beauty and purity are the only things she needs to get by, which is giving little girls quite the misleading and hindering message.…[Read more]
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Raina Schoen Thomas replied to the topic Luke as a Christ Figure in "Cool Hand Luke" in the forum Film Talk 5 years, 1 month ago
I really appreciate the subtlety of the religious symbolism. Apart from the post-egg-eating scene when Luke is casually spread out in the shape of the cross, I found that I had to dig a little deeper to discover the underlying symbolism of the film. It was smart of the filmmakers to insert the symbol of the cross as a sort of Easter egg for…[Read more]
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Raina Schoen Thomas replied to the topic The Female Gaze? in the forum Film Talk 5 years, 1 month ago
Yes, I agree. If it even exists, I would not not say that the female gaze is simply a parody of the male gaze. There are several movies that depict a form of role reversal, like in Magic Mike, that characterize male characters as sexual objects. However, again, this is simply taking a sexist trope in film and flipping it around to give the other…[Read more]
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Raina Schoen Thomas started the topic The Female Gaze? in the forum Film Talk 5 years, 1 month ago
Going back to the Mulvey text and some of the points we were discussing in class, it seems apparent that there is major gender bias at play in early Hollywood films. Seeing how the majority of these films were written and directed by men, it would make sense that the world and the female characters within that world would be portrayed through the…[Read more]
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Raina Schoen Thomas replied to the topic Appearance vs Reality in Big Fish in the forum Film Talk 5 years, 2 months ago
<p class=”p1″>I’m a bit conflicted about the father’s choice to add fantastical elements to the stories of his past. In one sense, he is still teaching his son important lessons about life and character. Despite the exaggerations, in essence, the stories still serve their mechanical purpose: to pass on the valuable insights gained from exp…[Read more]
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Raina Schoen Thomas started the topic Casablanca Review in the forum Film Talk 5 years, 2 months ago
Neutrality, Group Heroism, and Music in Casablanca
Richard Blaine certainly embodies the archetype of the reluctant hero and appears to be stuck in Campbell’s “refusal of the call” stage throughout most of the movie. However, I would say that it was Rick’s convincing neutral stance combined with the influence of many other players that resulte…[Read more]
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