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The 1980s: Moviemaking and Protest – Around the World.

• The Horse Thief (1988) dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
  • this film spoke truth to power because it dealt with a very unbiased subject
• Yellow Earth (1985) dir. Chen Kaige
• Raise the Red Lantern (1991) dir. Zhang Yimou
• House of Flying Daggers (2004) dir. Zhang Yimou
• Repentance (1984) dir. Tengiz Abuladze
  • this film tells a very serious story of a dictator but in a comical matter
• Arsenal (1929) (introduced in Episode 3) dir. Alexander Dovzhenko
• Come and See (1985) dir. Elem Klimov
  • the camera in this film follows the victims of the film like its the thing haunting them
• Long Goodbyes (1971) dir. Kira Muratova
  • the film has a mother and son often look away from each other as if it’s trying to show how they oppose each other’s views
• A Short Film About Killing (1988) dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Psycho (1960) (introduced in Episode 8) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
• Wend Kuuni (1983) dir. Gaston Kaboré
  • the camera follows the character with a long lens in order to show just how alone the character is
• Yeelen (1987) dir. Souleymane Cissé
  • although the film is not a western the camera moves around its characters like an old western shootout
• Video Killed the Radio Star (1979) (music video) dir. Russell Mulcahy
• Flashdance (1983) dir. Adrian Lyne
• Top Gun (1986) dir. Tony Scott
• Blue Velvet (1986) (introduced in Episode 3) dir. David Lynch
  • this film depicts the American dream in slow motion almost as if it is trying to say it’s not real
• The Elephant Man (1980) dir. David Lynch
  • the look of the deformed characters face in this film was based on natural shapes such as the blooms of smoke from the eruption of mount saint Helens
• Do the Right Thing (1989) dir. Spike Lee
  • the film used bright colors and tilted cameras to show an imbalance in the story
• The Third Man (1949) dir. Carol Reed (introduced in Episode 5)
• Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980) dir. John Sayles
• Subway (1985) dir. Luc Besson
  • this movie films a man stealing a handbag as if it was a car chase with fast-moving cameras and low angels
• Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991) dir. Leos Carax
• An American in Paris (1951) dir. Vincente Minnelli (introduced in Episode 5)
• Labyrinth of Passion (1982) dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • this film reflected the time it was made in with the color of its lighting be vibrant and less natural
• A Hard Day’s Night (1964) (introduced in Episode 8) dir. Richard Lester
• The Quince Tree Sun (1992) dir. Víctor Erice
• My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) dir. Stephen Frears
  • this film uses high-level shots in the scenes where the characters dance like it was a musical
• My Childhood (1972) dir. Bill Douglas
  • this film shows how the reality of the world of the character by showing them far back and in the dark in every scene
• Gregory’s Girl (1981) dir. Bill Forsyth
• Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) dir. Terence Davies
  • the director of this film often reflects his own painful childhood though he was and it was often referred to as a truly cinematic way to speak truth to power
• Intolerance (1916) dir. D. W. Griffith (introduced in Episode 1)
  • the director of this films seems to be mocking the symmetry that he so often put in his films
• Young at Heart (1954) dir. Gordon Douglas
  • this film uses many hot colors in its environments suggesting a sense of anger that is meant to be felt throughout the film
• A Zed & Two Noughts (1986) dir. Peter Greenaway
• The Last of England (1988) dir. Derek Jarman
• Videodrome (1983) dir. David Cronenberg
• Crash (1996) dir. David Cronenberg
  • this film often focuses on the moment by making its scenes very silent and peaceful.
• Neighbours (1952) dir. Norman McLaren
• Jesus of Montreal (1989) dir. Denys Arcand