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Lee, Cheuk-chi, and 李卓智. "To live and forget: the limits of comprehension and remembrance in the feature films of Hirokazu Kore-eda." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47753018.

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Often regarded as one of the eminent humanist directors working today, Japanese filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu has demonstrated consistent authorial intentions and thematic orientations throughout his filmography despite the variety of styles – from social documentary to period comedy – involved. Through in-depth textual analysis of his narrative strategies and exhaustive research on the English-language literature about the director, this study seeks to shed light on the first seven feature films in his career. Commentaries by Kore-eda on his creative impulse and filmmaking method, colle

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Van, Lill Hilda. "Exploring issues of identity and belonging in the films of Mira Nair : Salaam Bombay!, Mississippi Masala and Monsoon Wedding." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4316.

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Thesis (MDram (Drama))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to study the themes of identity and belonging in the films of Mira Nair. Three films form the basis of this study namely Salaam Bombay!, Mississippi Masala and Monsoon Wedding. The approach is thematic, i.e using the film to explore different socio-political themes of identity rather than looking at the methodology she uses as a filmmaker. The analysis of each of the three films looks at a particular form of identity namely national, cultural or personal identity, and makes reference

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Yeung, Chun. "The colour spectrum : radical (mis)representation as identity construction in HK cinema from 1970s to the present." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2010. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1180.

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Allen, J. M. "The films of Asrul Sani from 1966 to 1983: a new art for a new mankind." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20354.

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Why an Indonesian poet and short story writer like Asrul Sani became a film writer and director, and how his work expressed himself and his society in changing times, were the first questions stimulating this research. He claimed that art could be an "engineer of the soul" in a modernising society. Educated in both the Dutch and nationalist Taman Siswa sytems, he travelled overseas to study Western drama and film, and to perform the haj. He wrote extensively on cultural issues and became a cultural bureaucrat. Though his output is diverse, there are some continuous strands in his thinking and

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Ip, Wing Cheung. "Shaw in blue, women in nude : Li Han-Hsiang's fengyue films in 1970s." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2007. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/872.

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Benoit, James. "Working through the ambiguities of focalization with the films of Edward Yang." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98539.

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This thesis is an evaluation of the extent to which theories of focalization are useful for the analysis of point of view in film. In it, I apply the small number of focalization models advanced within film studies to an analysis of the works of an internationally acclaimed Taiwanese director, Edward Yang. I reveal that Yang's films serve well to demonstrate how the conventional typologies of external and internal focalization are convenient labels that mask the considerable degree of ambiguity that is reflected by processes of focalization and narration in many films. Furthermore, I illustrat

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MacCormack, Patricia (Patricia Anne) 1973. "Pleasure, perversion and death : three lines of flight for the viewing body." Monash University, Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research, 2000. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/7835.

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McCann, Elisabeth L. S. "A rhetorical analysis of Elizabeth Barret's Stranger with a camera." Virtual Press, 2002. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1246473.

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This study explores how the context of an event can be reconstructed in order to change an event's meaning and how the recontextualization can influence perceptions of a community. The artifact examined is a documentary film produced by Appalshop, Stranger with a Camera directed by Elizabeth Barret.Chapter One includes an introduction to Stranger with a Camera, and work by scholars related to the study of documentary film. The research focus guiding the analysis is an examination of how Barret reconstructs the context of a murder in Jeremiah, Kentucky in order to alter the event's significance

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Soares, Duana Castro 1987. "O filme O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie Poulain, sua trilha musical e sua referência em filmes publicitários." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/284521.

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Orientador: Claudiney Rodrigues Carrasco<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T23:03:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Soares_DuanaCastro_M.pdf: 1937236 bytes, checksum: d9bcaaf1e0d76b3aab8e34e6555b8ad3 (MD5) Soares_DuanaCastro_Anexo.zip: 517300767 bytes, checksum: a482d7b8f810ba62bd225faeee0fb43c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013<br>Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar o filme O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie Poulain, sua trilha musical e apontar suas referências estéticas em filmes publicitários, a par

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Gutierrez, III Jose. "Investigating Kracauerian cinematic realism through film practice and criticism: Life-world series (2017) and selected films of Lino Brocka." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2018. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/525.

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This dissertation is an investigation on the realist film theory of Siegfried Kracauer. It was principally conducted through film practice as exemplified by the ten short films that compose the omnibus film project, Life-world Series (dir. Joni Gutierrez, 2017, 118 minutes). To supplement the study's examination of Kracauerian cinematic realism (KCR), film criticism of selected works of Lino Brocka was also accomplished. The methodology involved three components: (1) research-based production of Life-world Series; (2) textual analyses of the said film collection and selected Brocka films; and

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Evans, Victoria Louise, and n/a. "Douglas Sirk, aesthetic modernism, and the culture of modernity." University of Otago. Department of Media, Film and Communication Studies, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20080707.122544.

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In this dissertation, I argue that Douglas Sirk was attempting to dissolve the boundaries of the cinematic medium by assimilating elements of avant-garde art, architecture and design into the colour, composition and settings of many of his most popular studio produced films. While the exaggerated artifice of this director�s formal style has often been remarked upon, it has yet to be interpreted in the light of his detailed cognisance of the major art and architectural movements of the period, which include German Expressionist painting and Machine Age Modernist design. This is a lacuna that my

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Bain, Keith Norman. "Hyperartifical cinema and the art of cool." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52880.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis, an ontology of contemporary cinema is developed using the position assumed by postmodern thinkers (notably Jean Baudrillard) and contemporary filmmakers. Using Baudrillard's perspective it is argued that the cinematic apparatus is an expression of both human curiosity and a desire to place "reality" at a distance. While the spectator seeks involvement with the viewed subject, he or she remains detached from the images which simulate the various "realities" in which he or she becomes "involved" through the a

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廖志強. "<<中聯>>電影解讀 : 在啓蒙, 批判, 包容之間的意識形態 = Interpretation of 'Zhong Luen' (Union Motion Picture)'s films : the ideology of englightenment, criticism and toleration". HKBU Institutional Repository, 2000. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/212.

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Langenfeld, Elizabeth Irene. "Hitchcock's "Rebecca": A rhetorical study of female stereotyping." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1718.

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Gustafsson, Fredrik. "Hasse Ekman : a question of authorship in a national context." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3421.

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This thesis takes a historical approach to its subject and focuses on Swedish cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. The thesis argues that Swedish cinema experienced a renaissance in the 1940s, lasting approximately from 1940 to 1953. It further suggests that one of the most important filmmakers in this renaissance was Hasse Ekman. By focussing upon Ekman and this renaissance, a much-needed contextualisation of Ingmar Bergman will be achieved. Ingmar Bergman is one of the most well-known and well-researched filmmakers of all time, but there are still gaps in the material surrounding him, and one such

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Baldwin, Jillian. "Room 2046: A Political Reading of Wong Kar-Wai's Chow-Mo Wan Trilogy through Narrative Elements and Mise-en-scene." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5482/.

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As ownership of Hong Kong changed hands from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China in 1997, citizens and filmmakers of the city became highly aware of the political environment. Film director Wong Kar-Wai creates visually stimulating films that express the anxieties and frustrations of the citizens of Hong Kong during this period. This study provides a political reading of Days of Being Wild (1991), In the Mood for Love (2000), and 2046 (2004) through analyzing various story elements and details within the mise-en-scene. Story elements include setting, dialogue, character relati

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Wright, Barbara Irene. "La bête humaine : an examination of the problems inherent in the process of adaptation from novel to film." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26943.

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In this thesis the process of adaptation from novel to film is examined. La Bête humaine by Emile Zola and the film version by Jean Renoir provide specific examples. The starting point is the assumption, often made by cinema audiences, that the film should be "faithful" to the novel upon which it is based. A statement made by Renoir regarding his efforts to be true to what he describes as the "spirit of the book" is quoted to illustrate the prevalence of this attitude. Novel and film are then compared in order to test Renoir's claim to fidelity. What is revealed are the differences between the

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Peeler, Scott Edward. "The dynamics of proximity : Hitchcock's cinema of claustrophobia." Scholarly Commons, 1988. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2151.

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The implication of space in film is worth exploring in detail particularly with regard to the films of Alfred Hitchcock, since he is, perhaps more than any other filmmaker, concerned with the dynamics of proximity. Possibly because of his experience as a set designer on Graham Cutt’s silent films Woman to Woman (1922), The White Shadow (1923), The Passionate Adventure (1924), The Blackguard, and The Prude’s Fall (both 1925), Hitchcock very early in his career was faced with the task of expressing himself - without words - through setting, set shape, and room size. In Francois Truffaut's book,

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Hart, Hilary 1969. "Sentimental spectacles : the sentimental novel, natural language, and early film performance." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/297.

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Advisor: Mary E. Wood. xii, 181 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Print copy also available for check out and consultation in the University of Oregon's library under the call number: PS374.S714 H37 2004.<br>The nineteenth-century American sentimental novel has only in the last twenty years received consideration from the academy as a legitimate literary tradition. During that time feminist scholars have argued that sentimental novels performed important cultural work and represent an important literary tradition. This dissertation contributes to the scholarship by placing the sentimental novel within a

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"Displaced empathy: narrative technique, style and suspense in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/16890.

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Ehrlich, Linda C. "The artist's desire : eight films of Mizoguchi Kenji." Thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/9575.

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Elsdon, Kerry-Jane. "David Lynch as a postmodern filmaker." Thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22709.

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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, for the degree of Master of Arts in Dramatic Art. Johannesburg 1992.<br>It is the intention of this thesis to provide a reasoned analysis of the films of David Lynch, in order to locate Lynch as a Postmodern filmmaker. Although other filmmakers have been seen to include elements of Postmodernism in their work (Tim Burton is an example), few directors have attained Lynch's recent prominence or popularity. His recent television series, Twin Peaks, has created an even larger audience for his f

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Willet, Eugene Kenneth 1969. "Music as sinthome: joy riding with Lacan, Lynch, and Beethoven beyond postmodernism." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3231.

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The films of David Lynch are full of ambiguities that derive from his habitual distortion of time, inversion of characters, and creation of ironic, dreamlike worlds that are mired in crisis. While these ambiguities have been explored from numerous angles, scholars have only recently begun to closely examine music's role in Lynch's cinematic imagination. This dissertation explores the relationship between music and fantasy through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis where fantasy plays a crucial role in helping psychoanalytical subjects work through their psychical crises. In particular, I look

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Phillips, Amy Louise. "Time, history and memory in the cinema of Pedro Almod{u00F3}var." Master's thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150488.

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This thesis analyses the films of Pedro Almod{u00F3}var to identify what they express about time, history and memory. It situates Almod{u00F3}var's films in their historical and cultural context in order to detect traces of and breaks with the past within the films. It identifies a trajectory in Almod{u00F3}var's attitude towards the past: from disinterest and disavowal of the relevance of history in his earliest films that encapsulate the spirit of the movida, to a growing preoccupation with time and memory in the films from Live Flesh onwards. The thesis demonstrates that this trajectory r

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Hemmings, Jonathan Michael. "Dead reckoning : an analysis of George Romero's 'Living dead' series in relation to contemporary theories of film genre and representations of race, class, culture and violence." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/302.

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This thesis is an in-depth analysis of George Romero's 'Living Dead' tetralogy of films, comprising Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn ofthe-Bead (1978), Day of the Dead(\985) and Land of the Dead (2005), examined through the lensf of contemporary film genre theory. The project focuses specifically on issues of the representation of race, class, culture and violence in the four films, and how these representations, along with the concomitant social critique evident in Romero's work, change in response to the upheavals and developments which have occurred in the American social, cultural and

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Hung, Yu-Ting (Christine). "Are Hou Hsiao-hsien's films political? : a study of gender, culture, history and aesthetics in Hou Hsiao-hsien's historical films." Thesis, 2012. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:31339.

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Hou Hsiao-hsien is one of the most controversial film directors in Taiwan. His proponents love him for his artistic and poetic film style of narrating history. The government hated him for his involvement in politics. Regardless of their contentiousness, his films are widely acclaimed and worthy of close analysis. This thesis engages with Taiwanese history by offering a reading of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s A City of Sadness (1989), The Puppetmaster (1993), Good Men, Good Women (1995), and Three Times (2005). I critique the films’ historical dimensions, cultural representations and approach to gender i

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Heine, Erik James. "The film music of Dmitri Shostakovich in The gadfly, Hamlet, and King Lear." Thesis, 2005. http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/1762/heinee14212.pdf.

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Ayob, Asma. "Beyond appearances : transnationalism and representation of women in Bollywood cinema." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18481.

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Bollywood cinema continues to evolve. As a result, it has become a transnational/cultural role player for Indian audiences worldwide. There has always been a strong link between Bollywood cinema and Indian society. Over the years, it has contributed to the dialogue on women’s roles and position in Indian society. In the past, Bollywood filmmakers were faithful to representations of women who were bound by patriarchal structures in the sense that they were expected to be loyal to ancient Indian traditions and belief-systems. Based on the increase in Indian migration, contemporary Bollywood film

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