Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Blood Simple

Choose a cultural context through which to look at a 5-minute scene in Blood Simple and 2 film elements with which to do an analysis of the scene. Be sure to include a sentence or two on the scene's relationship to the film as a whole.

Cultural contexts include:
Economic
Geographical
Historical
Institutional
Political
Social
Technological

Monday, January 8, 2018

Double Indemnity

Choose one scene and look at it through a feminist lens. How are women depicted cinematically? Be sure to use solid cinematic evidence from the film as well as quotes from the Mulvey essay. Also, mention the scene's relationship to the film as a whole and why you chose the scene.

Minimum: 2 paragraphs.