Rationale: The representation of romance in film.
Hollywood Beauty v European Ugliness
British Social Realism, French…, Hollywood
Italian for Beginners (Lone Scherfig)
Gregory’s Girl (Bill Forsyth)
Four Wedding’s and a Funeral, Love Actually (Richard Curtis)
Amelie?
The Secretary (Hollywood exception that proves the rule)
look at your classic Hollywood rom-com with something more blunt and honest, like British Social Realism or the French film post New Wave. Hollywood, fairytale. British social realism, realistic.
Mike Leigh… BSR… casting… language… plot…audience…
Hollywood blockbusters: J Lo, Maid in Manhattan, J Aniston, Hugh Grant/Sandra Bullock, Pretty Woman, Titanic… Kathryn Heigl, 27 dresses = Hitch
Ideology (Hollywood) = a woman needs a man to be happy.
BSM = holistic, realistic, wider representation of normality, BUT Drama?
Hi Jackie - can you tidy this entry up, and email me when you'rve finalised your rationale and film choices.
ResponderEliminarLet me know if I can help. This is a pretty good topic for your documentary. It shouldn't be too hard for you to come up with some excellent Secondary sources and original ideas.
DF