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Female American Film Directors
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This 27 page research paper explores the contributions of women directors to American cinema. Specifically discussed are the films of Lois Weber, Dorothy Arzner, Ida Lupino, Elaine May, Joan Micklin Silver, Claudia Weill and Susan Seidelman and their depiction of male and female characters. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: Femaldir.wps

Female Film Directors; The Gender Difference
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This 9 page paper examines the position of female directors. The paper argues that today, just as in the past, the only way in which a woman can succeed as a director is to compromise her views in order to comply with male expectations, or find a back door into the industry. This is considered from the first female director Alice Guy Blache up to the modern day. This trend is also seen as a global phenomena and not limited to only the western world. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEwomdir.wps

Female identity in Marnie and Jeanne Dielman
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A paper which considers the phenomenon of the male gaze in feminist cinema, illustrated with reference to the movies Marnie and Jeanne Dielman. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JL2jeanne.rtf

Female Spectatorship
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5 pages in length. The overwhelming sense of maleness within the early film industry lends itself to the notion of female spectatorship. That men were in complete control of how a film was shot – from the camera angle and perspective to the most subtle nuances pertaining to blocking, dialogue and story line – speaks volumes regarding the intended masculine viewpoint manifested in these productions. Such films as Psycho, Rebecca and All About My Mother clearly portray the overtly masculine perspective, while at the same time only appear to project to the female spectator. This clever masquerade is what has motivated such precedence-setting authors as Laura Mulvey and Betty Friedan to take issue with the manner by which the issue of female spectatorship has been addressed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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FEMALE UNITY AND THE SILVER SCREEN: THE COLOR PURPLE
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This 5 page paper examines the female relationships in the novel, The Color Purple, and how those relationships fail when translated to the silver screen. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBfumun.rtf

Feminine and Material Perspectives in Film
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A 6 page paper which examines the feminine perspective and the material perspective in film, as well as one television show. The works discussed in regards to the feminine approach are “Babette’s Feast,” “Top Gun,” “Sanjuro,” and “The Birds.” The materialism perspective discusses “City Lights,” “Citizen Kane,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou,” and the Miami Vice episode titled “Trust Fund Pirates.” Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: RAfilms.rtf

Feminism and Film
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A 9 page paper which examines how feminism has added to our understanding and appreciation of film. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAfmnflm.rtf

Feminism in Movies: Dead or Alive?
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A 3 page paper which illustrates how feminism is alive, though perhaps more rare than not, in films today. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Feminist Critique/Disney Films
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A 3 page summation and analysis of Pamela O'Brien's essay "The Happiest Films on Earth." The writer states that the purpose of this essay is to demonstrate that, despite certain superficial changes in perspective, the Walt Disney films Cinderella and The Little Mermaid show that the Disney support of patriarchal ideology did not change between the production of these two films. No additional sources are cited.
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Feminist Film Theories and Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window”
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A 10 page paper which examines how different feminist approaches to film and visual theory are applied to Hitchcock’s 1954 film. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TGfemRW.rtf