Showing posts with label Films Outside Hollywood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Films Outside Hollywood. Show all posts
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FILMS OUTSIDE HOLLYWOD
The films below are some of the films recommended for your study in Paper 2 "FILMS OUTSIDE HOLLYWOOD". You will only study one of them in depth, but it might be good to view a few more. "The Devil's Backbone" here is actually the full movie. I don't know how long You Tube will permit that, so watch it while you can.
Mrs Sims
Mrs Sims
Tsotsi Trailer Gavin Hood 2005
A young gang leader, Tsotsi, lives in the crime ridden Johannesburg, South Africa. The film traces 6 days in his life in which he has to confront his own brutal nature and face the consequence of his actions.
The Wave Dennis Gansel 2008 Trailer
THE WAVE, Dennis Gansel is based on a real event from a Californian high school in 1967 and transposed to Germany today. A cautionary tale about the roots of fascism.
Ratcatcher, 1999, Lynne Ramsay
Ratcatcher is a 1999 film written and directed by Lynne Ramsay.
Set in Glasgow during the mid 70s, the film shows the world through the eyes of 12-year-old James Gillespie, a young boy haunted by a secret. Feeling increasingly distant from his family, his only escape comes with the discovery of a new housing development on the outskirts of town where he has the freedom to lose himself in his own world.
Set in Glasgow during the mid 70s, the film shows the world through the eyes of 12-year-old James Gillespie, a young boy haunted by a secret. Feeling increasingly distant from his family, his only escape comes with the discovery of a new housing development on the outskirts of town where he has the freedom to lose himself in his own world.
Persepolis, 2007, Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi, Trailer
Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine year old Marjane that we see a people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power.
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