This form, which doesn't go far enough to be defined as a new genre, but it does make the above films all have a narrative that is common within them. This commonality is the relationship that the political and social norms that a group of citizens struggling with a common entity have create a sense of camaraderie that defines this form. ... The film also uses the mise-en-scene of having most of the action take place in a town square invoking again the sense of communal relationships. The relationship is not only beneficial in a economic sense, its also allows gender roles to be evenly di...

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It is important to note that in addition to assisting the classification of film, genre also expresses the industrialized mode of production of film. ... 'Genre films offend our most common definition of artistic excellence: the uniqueness of the art object whose value can be defined by its desire to be uncaused and unfamiliar, as much as possible unindebted to any tradition, popular or otherwise. ... Walter Benjamin (Nerrida Moore MAS 205 Lecture Notes - Genre 03.05.2000), in his hypothesis, the Work of Art in the Mechanical Age of Reproduction, duly noted that 'the aura of art ...

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Not having been in any situation resembling that of the victims of prosecution in Vietnam or deserters returning from Vietnam, I felt a strong sense of compassion for the situations of both. ... One of note, spoken by a US officer speaking to a group of school children about his impressions of Indochina: "The Vietnamese," he says "are very backward and primitive. ... It is these types of comments in the film that leave me not able, nor wanting to find common ground and identify with those who share similar ideals. ... To some this response is purely negative and to others it p...

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In this sense films like "Bowling for Columbine" can only help his public image. ... As Catherine Russell states "A common feature is the first person voice over which is unambiguously subjective. ... It is interesting to note that Broomfield's later work and Moore's films have an obvious "villain" of the piece and this is clearly far from objective e.g. ...

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