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#'''All Groups:''' What theme does Haskell see that entwines the domestic and the romantic? | #'''All Groups:''' What theme does Haskell see that entwines the domestic and the romantic? | ||
+ | ==Recent melodramas== | ||
+ | Film melodramas released since 2000. | ||
+ | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247425/ In the Bedroom]'' (2001) | ||
+ | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281358/ A Walk to Remember]'' (2002) | ||
+ | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283139/ White Oleander]'' (2002) | ||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
#Molly Haskell, "The Woman's Film," in ''From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies'' (New York: Penguin, 1974; revised edition 1987) 153-188. | #Molly Haskell, "The Woman's Film," in ''From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies'' (New York: Penguin, 1974; revised edition 1987) 153-188. |
Revision as of 14:43, 17 March 2014
Molly Haskell
- Group 3: What three types of women does Haskell find in the woman's film? Who would be a recent example of each type?
- What are the woman's film's four main themes? Do you see them operating in the two melodramas we've viewed: Ordinary People (Group 4:) and Imitation of Life (1934--Group 1:)?
- How about in a recent American film?
- Group 2: How is hostility toward children expressed in the woman's film? Have you seen it in a recent American film?
- All Groups: What impact does the issue of race have on the woman's film? Compare/contrast the white and black mothers (Bea and Delilah, respectively) in Imitation of Life.
- All Groups: What theme does Haskell see that entwines the domestic and the romantic?
Recent melodramas
Film melodramas released since 2000.
- In the Bedroom (2001)
- A Walk to Remember (2002)
- White Oleander (2002)
Bibliography
- Molly Haskell, "The Woman's Film," in From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies (New York: Penguin, 1974; revised edition 1987) 153-188.
Footnotes
- In spring 2010, this discussion was combined with Domestic Melodrama Since World War II (Discussion), into Domestic Melodrama as Genre (2010 Discussion).