Another idea, which can be suggested by closeness, is discomfort, as with a character who invades the personal space of others. ... Such elements of mice en scene as objects, performers and sets can not only communicate meaning or mode but also help to reveal ideas and attitudes a film intends to express. ... Narrative Structure Film tends toward more fluctuation in narrative point of view than the novel. ... The consciousness can be presents in one of the following forms of narrative, among which are "camera-as-narrative", "witness-as-narrator", "protoganist-as-na...

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Lauren Mulvey, British feminist film theorist, uses pyschoanaylitics to offer a feminist critique of all classical narrative cinema. ... Mulvey is initially concerned with people's obsession with narrative cinema. ... She uses Lacanian and Freudian theory to explain her castration complex: the idea that men and women have a fear of lacking a penis as a function of our patriarchal society. ... This gives men in the narrative an enormous amount of power in film and their women are either glamorized or tamed. ... An emotional rollercoaster, she flirtatiously plays with the idea even though s...

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This lecture has two purposes: both to illuminate some of Annie Hall's central concerns, through analysing both its aesthetic and narrative structures; and to allow you to consider a way in which a film can be approached as a visual text. ... Annie Hall engages with this idea of the constant flow of people and the possibilities they offer both of a romantic relationship, but also loss and regret - if everything is always changing, then loss is always a possibility. ... The contrast, indeed conflict between, old-time romance and the confusions and complexities of what we might term m...

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This idea also occurred in British cinema. ... This was heavily used in his Jury Prize winning L' Avventura, where Antonioni created a film that contained seemingly aimless narrative and lacked final resolution. ... (pg. 536) " This untold story of their disappearance exemplifies the impermanence and fragility of personal relationships while providing a perfect formula for a trilogy whose theme is about the hopelessness of love in contemporary life. ... With their stunning visuals, ambiguous narratives, and still relevant focus on modern alienation, films of this period have stood the ...

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