CIN101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Panavision, New Hollywood, Thesis Statement
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1,000-1,200 word analysis of two or three scenes from a single film of your choice. Address one of the following topics: postmodernism, genre, ethnicity, gender and/or sexual identity. Provide a specific, original and debatable (not self-evident) interpretation of your film (summarized in a clear and succinct thesis statement in the opening paragraph. Biggest circle of chinatown comes in the ending. Jake ends up hurting the person he"s supposed to help. Whatever happened to him before his position as private investigator haunted him, which has led him to quit the police force. In addition, jake is trapped in the conspiracy; he does not understand, which leads him to go to circles over and over: where: city, character, start of plot (someone comes in, they hire someone on a case, style: Aspect ration: 1. 33 (1930s-40s) and 2. 35 (panavision mid 1950s) was for movies to compete with television. Camera movement: panavision"s panaflex in chinatown vs geometric camera movement in 1930s.
