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FILM ARTICLES: Papers On Specific Films - Exploring movies using psychology, semiology (semiotics), cultural studies and history



Film Articles
Avatar (2009)
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​You Are Not In Kansas Anymore:
​Politics, Plot and Genre of a Sci-Fi Epic
​Extract from the book The Film Reader's Guide to James Cameron's Avatar in which we place the film within the history of its genre and come to understand how it reflects its historical and cultural context. 
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
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​Jewish Eyes Wide Shut:
Exploring Jewish Identity In Late 20th Century America Through The Eyes Of Stanley Kubrick
Exploring Kubrick’s swansong via dream logic in order to discover revelations about the psyche of Jewish identity in late 20th century America. ​

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​Gripping Kubrick's Phallus - The Oedipal Odyssey of Eyes Wide Shut:
​Exploring The Psychosexual Dynamics of a Modern Masterpiece
​“Kubrick himself was an early and messianic reader of Freud”. With this in mind, we investigate the motivations of the film's protagonist, Dr. Bill.
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
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​Burning The Book Onto Film:
​Authority, Technology and Historical Context - Adapting a Book and Marketing a Film of Fahrenheit 451
The mid twentieth century witnessed a wave of fictional social criticism first expressed in books, then transferred on to film. Fahrenheit 451 has continued to be popular alongside other works of the genre such as 1984 and Brave New World. ​


Human Traffic (1999)
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​Han Solo Is An Intergalactic Smack Dealer:
How Human Traffic Explores The Post-Modern Perspective Of Ambiguous Reality
A cult classic, Human Traffic helped define an era in the lives of young adults in Britain at the end of the 20th century.
Planet of the Apes (1968)
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​A Different Breed:
​Racial Prejudice and Sexism of 1960s America
By examining the world in a role reversal that sees human beings as subservient to apes, Planet of the Apes is able to explore issues as controversial as civil rights, race and war. However, despite its setting in a distant future, the film is still a product of its generation and therefore inherent with a value system and prejudices that were prevalent at the time. ​
Watchmen (2009)
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​Human Bean Juice:
​Post-Modernism, Gender and Sexuality - How Watchmen Portrays Superheroes and Reflects American History
Watchmen is a film based on a twelve-issue comic by graphic novel auteurs Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. But it is no mere children's spectacle. We investigate the darker side of the superhero satire.


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